Favorites Monday actually falls on a Friday this week, which is interesting.
This week’s question: who are your heroes? Three categories (you don’t have to use them all): Historical, Present-Day, and Personal (i.e. someone you know).
Heroes is a very broad category, so interpretations will vary. My general definition is “people I want to be like.” Don’t be put off by the fact that all mine are pastor/scholars– it’s only because that’s what I want to be. Put Shakira on there if you want. Or whatever. I don’t know.
My list:
- Historical: John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards
- Present-Day: John Piper
- Personal: Tom Hawkes, Mike Kruger
Wiser Time 
Past – Edwards, Whitefield, CT Studd, Jim Elliott, Ronald Reagan, Brainerd, Thomas Watson
Present – Piper, Mahaney, Palin
Personal – David Platt
Historical – Bonhoeffer, John Wesley, Jim Elliott
Present – unfortunately, no one comes to mind right off the bat (that I don’t know personally)
Personal – some of my professors (Dr. Robert Mulholland), my parents, Jay Tucker
Shakira
Shakira
Julie Andrews
can i just say that i love melissa?!
Historical: William Wilberforce (gender issues aside here), Elisabeth Bennett
Present: Elisabeth Elliott, Patty Griffin
Personal: Paige Capes, Miss Joanne
Melissa is my hero – hands down.
I’m going with the cop-out approach:
Jesus
Jesus
Jesus
Have you ever heard that joke about the Sunday School class where a little boy was asked, “What has brown fur, climbs trees, gathers nuts, and lives in a nest?” The boy replies, “Well, I think the answer is ‘a squirrel’, but I KNOW that all the answers in this class have to be ‘Jesus’.”
Yes! Once again copping out to seem holier-than-thou proves successful!!! Score: Marty-one, All you other heathens-zero. :)
Historical – Luther, Calvin, Knox
Present Day – Sinclair Ferguson, Dr Kelly
Personal – Dr Kelly, many older and wiser pastors
Historical = Luther, Fred. Douglass, MLK, Mandela
Present = Gene Robinson
Personal = My grandparents x 4