Believing that wounds from a friend can be trusted (Pro 27:6), we would do well to heed those Jesus and John Wayne offers. Indeed, Kristin Kobes Du Mez’ book is one that can help jolt us to the reality of what we have made and become. For many of us, reading Jesus and John Wayne might feel a little like that.
She returns home with a bruised face and bruised pride to reflect on her sins. Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Revelation” begins with a holier-than-thou character having a book, along with her sin, thrown in her face.
