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Wednesday, March 02, 2005

The Violent Bear It Away

Mike Russell from Eternal Perspectives offers a brilliant exegesis of the verse which I am using for the DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT: Forceful People... Matt 11:12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.

Mike says...
When I was in college, even before I became a Christian, I read Flannery O'Connor's disturbing and haunting novella, "The Violent Bear It Away." Years later, in a class at Denver Seminary, I read the story again and was still perplexed by the meaning of the words of Jesus from which the title is drawn: Continue Reading

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