Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Week 10: The Community of Healing
Read Part Four, Chapters 36–39 of Redeeming Love. Primary Scripture: Romans 12:15 ('Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn') and Galatians 6:2 ('Carry each other's burdens').
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No one heals alone — and in this section, Rivers shows how a flawed but caring community becomes part of God's redemptive work in Angel's life.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.The women in Michael and Angel's world — some welcoming, some suspicious, some transformed by their own encounters with grace — form a kind of chorus around the main story. What role does female friendship and solidarity play in Angel's healing that Michael alone cannot provide?
2.Rivers shows that some Christians in Angel's community are judgmental and slow to extend grace. She does not present the church as uniformly welcoming. Why do you think she includes these flawed, sometimes hurtful, religious characters? What is she saying about the gap between the gospel and its messengers?
3.Angel begins to extend care to others who are suffering — women who remind her of who she was. How does being on the giving end of grace help her to receive it more fully? What does this suggest about the relationship between service and spiritual formation?
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