Mark and Onesimus: A Tale of Two Runaways, Part 1

Well, for our little series, we come tonight to the last two unlikely heroes. As you no doubt know, the book is still available. And you can pick one up if you want to read a more thorough and detailed account of the twelve unlikely heroes that make up that book. Tonight we're going to finish with two: one a very familiar name, the name of Mark; and the other a rather unfamiliar name, the name of Onesimus. They have lives that intersect. They were both runaways. Yet in spite of what they did in fleeing, the Lord rescued them both and transformed them from tragic figures to triumphant figures.

As He does with every sinner that He saves, God pursued Mark and God pursued Onesimus. And when He caught them, He turned their flaws into strength, and their failures into immense success. . . .

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