I See Satan Fall Like Lightning Christian Mission - Biography / Autobiography Peter Henriot

Peter Henriot

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I See Satan Fall Like Lightning Christian Mission - Biography / Autobiography Peter HenriotRene Girard holds up the gospels as a mirror to reflect our broken humanity and, in the same frame, they reveal the new reality that can make us whole. Like Simone Weil, Girard looks at the Bible as a map of human behavior, and sees Jesus Christ as its compass, pointing us in the right direction regardless of where we start. The title echoes Jesus' words (Luke 10: 18): I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven. Girard persuades the reader that