“The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness can never extinguish it.”
John 1:5 NLT
“The darkness would try to destroy Jesus (the light) but it would fail. The light would successfully bring salvation to the world.”
—Filament Bible study note on John 1:5
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Bethany RussellBethany was raised on a mini farm in Indiana where she fell in love with nature, faith, and imagination. Since then, she was employed as a marketer for the Center for the Study of C. S. Lewis & Friends before graduating with a Marketing and Management double major from Taylor University and joining the ranks of Tyndale House Publishers. Among her many interests are painting, riding horses, and basically living the dream.
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