John Wayne was an American actor and director who rose to fame as a star of films created during Hollywood’s Golden Age, particularly Westerns and war pictures.
#JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE QUOTES PROFESSIONAL#
I have reviewed dozens of books in my professional life, but this review will be different. As I begin, please indulge me as I make a few personal prefatory remarks. If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (New York: Liveright, 2020), 386 pages, 18.95 (Hardback). ~ John Wayne.Ī man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. ~ John Wayne.Ĭourage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’ ~ John Wayne. It burns anything in its path for whatever reason. I play John Wayne in every part regardless of the character, and I’ve been doing okay, haven’t I? ~ John Wayne. Riding a horse can be pretty tough on your legs and elsewheres. I eat as much as I ever did, I drink more than I should, and my sex life is none of your goddamned business. I’m the stuff men are made of! ~ John Wayne. When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it. Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home. Sadly enough, however, as Du Mez ably describes, he may need to defend the vulnerable from the John Waynes in the church itself.
There is a need to foster his obediencean obedience in which he may sometimes find himself a warrior and protector. One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue. There is no need to hype the manliness of the Christian man. The reason there are so many stupid people is because it’s illegal to kill them.