12 Years a Slave: Faith That Survives the Unthinkable (Psalm 13:1-2)
In the film "12 Years a Slave," we meet Solomon Northup, a free man whose life is violently upended when he is kidnapped and thrust...
This is movie analogies on slavery and suffering, drawing on Psalm 13:1-2, Psalm 137:1-4 and Exodus 2:23-25.
In the film "12 Years a Slave," we meet Solomon Northup, a free man whose life is violently upended when he is kidnapped and thrust into a world of unimaginable brutality. For twelve long years, he is subjected to the cruel whims of those who see him not as a man but as property—whipped for disobedience, robbed of dignity, and haunted by the specter of death.…
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