Youth Ministry 101: Spiderman, Proverbs, and Jesus: Power and Responsibility

Adam discusses a scene from Spiderman, where Uncle Ben says a proverb: "With great power comes great responsibility." This proverb guides Peter Parker as he fights crime in his role as Spiderman. The Bible has a book called Proverbs, in which parents are instructed to provide wisdom to their children. There are two paths, one of justice, compassion, and love, and another path of wickedness and violence. Which path will we go down? Paul picks this idea up when he talks about Jesus. According to Paul, God was reconciling the world to Godself through Jesus. We have the power to participate, or not participate, in God's work of reconciliation.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Jesus
• Moral Responsibility
• Spirit
• spiderman
• proverbs
• bible
• saint
• paul
• commentary