![]() ![]() This is a strongly Christian book, its title taken from a passage in the book of Hosea. ![]() Those apart from the light of the Holy Spirit are lost in their darkness. The characters are human, full of flaws, and struggle to do what is right. The morality is Christian in this book, but that does not mean that Christ’s followers do not occasionally have difficulty doing what they know is right. It seems he will not be rid of her or her God. The relentless Jewess, as patient as he is tempestuous, is even content to journey with him all the way back to his homeland in the wilds of Germania. But as his foster-mother, Rizpah refuses to turn little Caleb into the reckless arms of his father, so Atretes is stuck with Rizpah for good. But then Rizpah, a young Jewess, walks into his life, taking care of the son Atretes thought was dead. He has been spurned by Julia Valerian and lives nursing his wounded pride, caged like a lion in Rome’s domain. Having won his wooden foil and now freed from being a gladiator, Atretes does not know what to do. ![]() A good story of God’s redemptive work, but full of mature content. ![]()
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