![]() ![]() they, like we, having to learn what to throw out of their minds, and what to keep. their own pasts ingrained into them, both giving them strength and becoming stumbling blocks. oh, my, being a Christian does not leave us perfect, does it? Thus began a long arduous, tooth and nail journey for Rizpah and Atretes, one step forward, two steps back. yet many times her own human weakness wins, and her words bite at Atretes. until Atrete's is forced to call for Rizpah to care for his son. the baby, refusing the wet nurse, languishes, crying incessantly. still full of hatred and anger, Atretes rips young Caleb from the arms of the only mother he has ever known, while Rizpah remains crying at the gates of Atrete's estate. finding him with a young Christian widow. he had thought the babe to have been dashed upon the rocks by order of his cruel, selfish mother, but now, knowing that he lives, Atretes, searches for him. and a chance meeting with a Jewish slave girl, a Christian, about to be thrown to the lions, changes his life. ![]() Atretes, German barbarian, turned gladiator, has finally earned his freedom after ten years in the arena and hundreds of kills to his credit. ![]()
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