Tag Archives: Maximus/Gladiator

Is it Better to Arrest a Villain or Gun Him Down? Isaiah 28:21.

I once polled my friends on Facebook about their favorite films that end with the death of the villain. There were so many good answers: The wicked witch falls off a cliff in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Emperor Palpatine falls to his death in Return of the Jedi. While fighting Frodo for theContinue reading “Is it Better to Arrest a Villain or Gun Him Down? Isaiah 28:21.”

JUSTICE. John 2:15-17.

Have you ever cheered when the bad guy gets it? When Commodus dies in GLADIATOR, or when Tavington dies in THE PATRIOT? Everyone loves justice. God loves it even more than we do. He IS just. So He cleansed the temple. The bad guys had taken over the Father’s House—and Jesus had swallowed His indignationContinue reading “JUSTICE. John 2:15-17.”

WHO ARE YOU–DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE? Luke 4:18.

Some KNOW who they are and what defines them: “My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life orContinue reading “WHO ARE YOU–DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE? Luke 4:18.”