Redeeming Love (1991) (edit title/settings)

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• Michael Hosea: Main male character. God calls him to marry Angel and to save her from the Hell she is in.
• Angel: Given many names throughout the book, this is the name we're introduced with. Taken out of a brothel by a man of God, she must figure out who she is, even if that means leaving the only man who has ever been able to get past her walls.
• The Duchess: The owner of the brothel where Angel resides and works
• Miriam Altman: The daughter of another farmer that Micheal and Angel rescue when their wagon broke down on the side of the road. Angel tries to get Micheal to fall in love with Miriam because Miriam is everything Micheal (or any man) would want for a wife.
• Paul: Michael's brother-in-law and neighbor.
• Hannah Marston: Christian Inspirational Novel - Opens with the Gold Rush of 1850 and its rough-and-tumble atmosphere of greed and desire.
• Angel: Angel learns to love, she begins to hope again but is soon overwhelmed by fear and returns to her old life.
• John Altman: A nice man who Michael and Angel help on the road.
• Duke: The man Angel is turned over to after her mother and Rab have died.
• Mama: Angel's mother.
• Ruth Altman: The youngest Altman child. She adores Angel.
• Bret Magowan: A "bodyguard" for the girls in Pair-A-Dice. Not a nice man.
• Susanna Axle: Add a description of this character.
• Mara: A name Michael gives to Angel, meaning "bitter." (It's a name from the Bible.)
• Joseph Hochschild: A Jewish merchant, and friend of Michael Hosea.
• Virgil Harper
• Leah: One of John and Elizabeth Altman's children. Outspoken and carefree.
• Jonathan Axle
• Tessie: Michael's sister (deceased)
• Murphy
• Torie
• Andrew
• David
• Rebecca
• Tirzah: One of the Biblical names Michael gives to Angel, meaning (roughly) "beauty so fierce, it hurts the eyes to behold."
• Alex Stafford: Angel's father, was in an affair with her mother and took no responsibility for her.
• Mandy: Short for "Amanda," the name Michael gives Angel when he brings her home with him.
• Johnny
• Bret: A.K.A., Magowan. Bodyguard and villain of the brothel in Pair-A-Dice.
• Jacob: One of John & Elizabeth Altman's children.
• Priscilla
• Sam Teal: A traveling salesman who picks up Amanda on her way out of town.
• Rebekkah
• Sally
• Papa
• Matthew
• Pair-a-dice: The town where Angel works as a prostitute, under her mistress, the Duchess.
• Steven
• Little Ruth
• Adam
• Henri
• Gomer
• Benjamin Michael
• Charles
• Percy
• Tess: Tessie. Paul's late wife, and Michael's sister.
• Stella
• Rab: After Sarah's mother died when she was young, Rab was her caretaker for a short time.
• Cherry
• Ferguson
• Renee
• Meggie
• Cleo
• Mae
• Mai Ling
• Doc
• Rick
• Max
• Merrick
• Meribah: Joseph Hochshund's wife

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• “Love with strength and purpose and passion and no matter what comes against you. Don't weaken. Stand against the darkness, and love. That's the way back into Eden. That's the way back into life.”

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• Love the Lord your God, and love one another. Love one another as he loves. Love with strength and purpose and passion and no matter what comes against you. Don’t weaken. Stand against the darkness, and love. That’s the way back into Eden. That’s the way back to life.

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• Every blessing comes down from the Father, not in payment for good done, but as a gift.”

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• “This is my God box,” she said. “When problems prey on my mind, I write them down, fold them up, and put them through the slot. Once they’re inside this box, they’re God’s problem and not mine.”

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• “I learned a long time ago we’ve control of little in this world, Amanda. It doesn’t belong to us. It’s out of our hands. Like being born or being sold into prostitution at eight. All we can change is the way we think and the way we live.”

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• Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. PROVERBS 19 : 21

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• “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.”

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• The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heav’n of hell, a hell of heaven. MILTON

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• Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself. PHILIPPIANS 2 : 3

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• Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible. MARCUS AURELIUS

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• Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn, that he may heal us; he has stricken, and he will bind us up. HOSEA 6 : 1

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• Meribah
• California
• Sacramento
• San Francisco
• Oregon
• New York
• Yuba

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• Redemption: Describe this theme.
• forgiveness

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1. Francine Rivers (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Authors, A-Z › ( R ) › Rivers, Francine
• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Fiction
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Romance

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