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Carrie Joy's avatar

Thank you! I have also loved the story of Rahab's faith since I was young, and you put into words many of the subconscious reasons why. On a side note, I was recently writing and thinking how we often teaches Bible stories. I think when we limit each story to a lesson or moral - either a "be like this" or "don't be like that" - we are going to end up missing the point. The Bible is not about us and what we should do, but about who God is and what He has done. When God's character is our focus, Bible "heroes" are actually heroic - they do great things *in spite* of being messed up individuals; and Jesus, God's character in flesh, becomes the one we want to imitate.

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Jessamyn Rains's avatar

I love this.

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