His Burden is Light

     Wonder Woman (2017) has been highly regarded as an excellent example of the superhero movie. Updated international box office receipts totaled $821.74 million (US), making it the highest-grossing superhero origin film ever made. Indeed, I found it to be an enjoyable movie. It has a certain subtlety when it comes to its themes, most notably feminism, and because of this subtlety it was easy to accept, and at times, tempting to agree. Men were not always cardboard-cutouts suited to a feminist narrative and Wonder Woman was occasionally depicted as feminine, even traditionally so. I laughed along with the humorous sections and I appreciated the action sequences. The only troubling aspect that I perceived on my first time watching the film is the reason I chose to review it for this blog: it puts Wonder Woman in the place of Jesus Christ! Frequently, the film maps itself onto the Gospel account by applying key elements of the life of Christ to the character of Wonder Woman. I couldn&#

 The "Romans Road" to salvation: 1) The human problem "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:"  Rom 3:10 " For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"  Rom 3:23 "For the wages of sin is death;"  Rom 6:23a 2) Humanity's hope in Christ " But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners." Rom 5:8 3) The Sinner's Response "If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved."  Rom 10:9-10 " For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."  Rom 10:13 4) The Result of Salvation "Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done f