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Freedom
Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jul 28, 2022 (message contributor)
The Lord, whom he had spent years fleeing but could not escape, had finally freed him by taking him captive.
Dr. Victor Shepherd; Writing on the conversion of Puritan, John Owen.(50 Witnesses to the Word, page 82)
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