Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Week 7: Sacramento and the World's Promises
Read Part Three, Chapters 24–27 of Redeeming Love. Primary Scripture: Hosea 2:5, 13 (Israel chasing after lovers who give bread and water, silver and gold; forgetting the Lord).
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In Sacramento, Angel encounters a world that promises freedom and self-sufficiency — and discovers that these promises have a price tag she hadn't read carefully.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Sacramento represents a different kind of temptation for Angel than Pair-a-Dice did. Here, the lure is not just survival but respectability and independence. Why might the promise of self-made freedom be just as spiritually dangerous as obvious sin?
2.Angel's time in Sacramento tests whether she can build a life on her own terms — and Rivers shows her partially succeeding, which makes the tension more interesting. What is the novel saying about the difference between self-sufficiency and genuine flourishing?
3.Several characters in Sacramento represent worldly wisdom — people who are kind, capable, and seemingly successful without faith. How does Rivers handle these characters? Does she caricature them, or treat them with complexity? What does this say about the novel's view of the relationship between common grace and saving grace?