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 Post subject: Freedom and Servanthood
PostPosted: December 17th, 2011, 11:38 pm 
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I've been meaning to share this with ya'll for a while, and kept forgetting it, and then the site moved and I couldn't find it! :shock:

But here it is. This is a beautiful site I read for the first time on Don Fransisco's web page. The illustrations are also beautiful, and I thought everyone on here would really, really enjoy it. :D

Freedom and Servanthood

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Floyd was frozen where he stood. He struggled to breathe, but the air smelled of blood and death and guilt. He tried to formulate a name, to ask, but language was meaningless, and words would not come. He tried to scream but the sound got stuck in his heart, shattered into a million pieces, and scattered to the wind.

In a world without superheroes, who will stand against the forces of evil?


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 Post subject: Re: Freedom and Servanthood
PostPosted: December 18th, 2011, 6:58 pm 
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The story had a good message and nice pictures, though some of the allegorical parallels were theologically inaccurate.

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 Post subject: Re: Freedom and Servanthood
PostPosted: December 18th, 2011, 9:02 pm 
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Depends on your theology, I suppose. It's a comparison of grace by faith and grace by works.

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Floyd was frozen where he stood. He struggled to breathe, but the air smelled of blood and death and guilt. He tried to formulate a name, to ask, but language was meaningless, and words would not come. He tried to scream but the sound got stuck in his heart, shattered into a million pieces, and scattered to the wind.

In a world without superheroes, who will stand against the forces of evil?


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 Post subject: Re: Freedom and Servanthood
PostPosted: December 18th, 2011, 9:17 pm 
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The comparison of grace vs. works was good. The part that was inaccurate, likely unintentionally since it wasn't the focus of the story, was its allegorical parallel to God's influence and guidance in our lives.

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 Post subject: Re: Freedom and Servanthood
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But no allegory or illustration is ever perfect. :) It was a lovely one, though.

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PostPosted: December 18th, 2011, 10:12 pm 
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Cassandra wrote:
But no allegory or illustration is ever perfect. :)

I agree. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Freedom and Servanthood
PostPosted: December 20th, 2011, 9:17 am 
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I loved that, Vanya. Thanks for sharing. :)

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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king

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