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Admit defeat, but don't let it have the last word
The Bible grew from a willingness to face defeat and a refusal to let it be final. Its message: put your hope not in kingdoms but in a people committed to one another.
Writing after catastrophe takes courage.
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Without the courage to look defeat in the face, to lament, protest, and write, all would have been lost. After defeat, the second great factor shaping the Bible was the tense relationship between North and South.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 150–152
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