The evil itself is enough to make anyone question the existence and goodness of God. Which is why the forgiveness is even more mysterious, especially since this upsurge of grace and mercy was nourished by their faith in the crucified God who rose from the dead—the same faith that made them the sort of people who would welcome the unsettled young man to their Wednesday night Bible study, the outcast who would become their executioner. Such hospitality and forgiveness—such light in the midst of darkness—is generated by a trust that, to some, will look mad, or even irresponsible. Such irruptions
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Best practice: Remember grace when the eldritch horrors come. They'll come not single spies, but in battalions.
