Timmay
Puritan Board Freshman
Hello everyone. I did a search on this before posting, but did not find anything. If I missed it, I apologize.
I watched the docu on Mister Rogers and I was wondering what people thought about his message from his TV program. He seemed to encourage kids and help them deal with issues they struggled with, but he always kept saying “I love you just the way you are.” With sinful behaviors in all of us, I have a hard time with that statement since we should not stay in sin. But Rogers was informed by the imago dei as providing inherent value for all people. Is that all he was saying?
How should we view Rogers in the context of his TV program? Is it appropriate to highlight common grace themes and stop there since he was not acting in the capacity as a minister, but as a TV host?
I’m also not familiar with his theology but what he says on his TV program sounds like moralism or is it merely a reflection and/or presentation of common grace elements?
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I watched the docu on Mister Rogers and I was wondering what people thought about his message from his TV program. He seemed to encourage kids and help them deal with issues they struggled with, but he always kept saying “I love you just the way you are.” With sinful behaviors in all of us, I have a hard time with that statement since we should not stay in sin. But Rogers was informed by the imago dei as providing inherent value for all people. Is that all he was saying?
How should we view Rogers in the context of his TV program? Is it appropriate to highlight common grace themes and stop there since he was not acting in the capacity as a minister, but as a TV host?
I’m also not familiar with his theology but what he says on his TV program sounds like moralism or is it merely a reflection and/or presentation of common grace elements?
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