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  • The Silence of God
    Sunday, July 6th, 2025     Audrey Frank     Start the Conversation

    I just finished Shûsaku Endô’s terribly beautiful book, Silence, about two missionaries who go into 17th century Japan to find their beloved mentor, who is reported to have apostatized under unbearable persecution. It was assumed, even by Endô’s publishers, that Silence was about the silence of God. Yet, for the rest of Endô’s life as he lectured about the book, he stated, “I did not write a book about the silence of God, I wrote… Read More

  • Instead of Captivity, Freedom
    Sunday, June 30th, 2019     Audrey Frank     Start the Conversation

    The Lord sets prisoners free. Psalm 146:7 In former Muslim Esther Ahmad’s brave new release, Defying Jihad (Tyndale Momentum, 2019), she describes the supernatural peace she felt even as an angry mob outside her family's home demanded her death. As she stood inside listening to their cruel threats, she thought of Daniel’s three friends in the furnace and the fourth man who stood with them in that fiery prison. Even in the face of possible… Read More

  • Esther: An Honor-Shame Paraphrase by Jayson Georges
    Tuesday, February 12th, 2019     Audrey Frank     Start the Conversation

    @audreycfrank If you are new to reading the Bible through the lenses of honor and shame, the Old Testament book of Esther is a great place to start. Like a true fairy tale, the story of a beautiful orphan girl’s rise to the status of a queen is enchanting through any worldview. In Esther: An Honor-Honor-Shame Paraphrase, Jayson Georges gives us a new pair of reading glasses equipped with super-powers. Through them we can see… Read More