A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
Week 4: Marcus — The Man Who Knows and Resists
Read the chapters that develop Marcus's character, his philosophical searching, and his growing awareness of Hadassah. Background Scripture: John 3:19-21; Acts 17:22-28.
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Marcus Valerian is the novel's most intellectually compelling figure — a man who sees clearly enough to be without excuse, and whose resistance to God is therefore not ignorance but something far more costly.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Marcus is a student of philosophy — he has engaged Stoicism, Epicureanism, and various other schools of thought. What has each of these given him, and what has each left him lacking? How does Rivers use his philosophical background to sharpen the reader's understanding of what the gospel uniquely offers?
2.Marcus is drawn to Hadassah in a way he cannot fully explain or control. What is it, specifically, that he sees in her? Is his attraction primarily spiritual, intellectual, moral, or something else? Does Rivers make it feel credible?
3.Jesus says in John 3:19-20 that people love darkness rather than light 'because their deeds are evil.' Marcus is not an evil man by Roman standards, and yet he, too, resists the light. What specifically is the cost that Marcus is unwilling to pay in order to follow where the light leads?
a.What would Marcus have to give up — socially, professionally, relationally — to take Hadassah's faith seriously?
b.What is the equivalent cost in your own context? What would you have to give up to follow the truth you already know?
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