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Why I believe women’s fiction is an important tool to share the gospel
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Nicki Copeland2024-11-12T05:00:00
‘When my quiet times are dry, reading a good quality novel can help me connect with God in profoundly spiritual, and, yes, emotional, ways,’ says Nicki Copeland.
Did you know that 80% of novels are bought by women? Fiction clearly resonates with us in a way that it doesn’t with men. But how would you feel about reading a ‘Christian’ novel in your quiet time? Would you feel guilty, with a nagging sense that it wasn’t quite ‘worthy’ enough? Similarly, would you give a friend a novel as a way of sharing the gospel with them?
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