S1: Setting the Stage in Real Time & Space (Epic of Eden: Deborah)
Epic of Eden: Deborah (Sandra Richter)
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25m
One of the great gifts of studying the narratives of redemptive history is that these ancient tales of crisis, faith, and courage offer us, the contemporary people of God, a moment when “the very real past meets the very needy present.”
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