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Some people think of Jesus as a soft, weak person. Many artists have had this idea. Those who painted the pictures of Jesus in “Christ Weeping Over Jerusalem” and “The Shepherd and the Sheep” portrayed Christ this way. Even Da Vinci, when he painted “The Last Supper,” gave his own mother’s eyes to the Master. Sallman has painted the Master with soft, wavy hair and tender features.

Some song writers also have portrayed Jesus as soft. They present a saccharin Christ. Some radio, television and movie producers perpetuate this idea of the Master. The voice chosen to take the part of the Master in radio dramas about his life is all too often weak and thin. In television shows and movies on the same subject the person chosen to represent the Master is…