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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43651
EAN: 9780736918121
ISBN: 0736918124
Label: Harvest House Publishers
Manufacturer: Harvest House Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: May 01, 2006
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Sales Rank: 171883
Studio: Harvest House Publishers
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SUMMER 2006: SUPERMAN RETURNS!
From above, a heavenly father sends his only son to save the Earth
Sound familiar? It should—because the Superman storytellers based Superman on Jesus on purpose! That’s why the Man of Steel actually champions the truth about the Super Man Himself—Jesus—and this can show readers how to reach friends and family in today’s entertainment–focused culture.
Stephen Skelton’s faster–than–a–speeding–bullet discussions reveal that...
- the Superman storytellers confirm they modeled Superman on Christ
- Superman and his father share the name “El” (Hebrew for “God”)...and his earthly parents were originally named “Mary” and “Joseph”
- Superman movies, TV shows, and comics are built on parallels to Christ’s death, burial, resurrection, and second coming
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The comparison between Superman and Jesus the Christ may seem a little daunting but this is not the first effort of its type - I recommend (and good luck finding it) "The Gospel According to Superman" which was written back in the early '70's. Of course, Robert Short started all of this with his "Gospel According to" and "Parables of" Peanuts.
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Leaps tall buildings with a single bound and points a generation to Christ? That's the premise of Stephen Skelton's latest offering, "The Gospel According to the World's Greatest Superhero."
Skelton seems to have an eye for the nostalgic as his previous offerings include "The Bonanza Bible Study" and the "Andy Griffith Bible Study." Skelton's passion is to use cultural artifacts from Television to point people toward this generation to Christ.
In "The Gospel According ... Read More
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I haven't read this book so can't pretend to comment on it (though this review system forces me to give it a rating) but, that said, the comparisons between Superman and Jesus, while I see it, always makes me shake my head. While, certainly, people can and should freely interpret art and literature independently of the creators' intentions I feel many ignore or are ignorant of the most strikingly obvious and already well documented of parallels. For example, Mario Puzzo did, in fact, draw in the ... Read More
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This is a fun book, but in places it attempts to create connections between Jesus and Superman that don't really appear to be there. Prospective readers should be aware that Superman is, and has aways been, primarily a pop culture icon intended to entertain, not a symbolic figure meant to remind us of Christ.
The author admits this truth and tries to navigate around it by several times admitting that not all the parallels he mentions were intended by the creators or writers responsible ... Read More
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This book helped me to give a talk to a Christian Youth Group of the spirituality of God and how it relates to the greatest Superhero of all, Superman. Its a fun and easy read and is recommended to anyone who is interested in seeing the ties between Superman and our christian values
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