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This novel was mentioned as containing a scene where the barber, Jaber, quotes Jesus's command to 'love your enemies' to a right-wing Christian named Troy, a passage the speaker initially found a bit too on the nose but now feels is highly relevant to current events.
So Wendell Berry wrote a novel back in 2000 called Jaber Crow. And you quote this in your book and in one of the scenes in the book, Jaber is a barber in Kentucky and he's cutting the hair of this sor...
— Episode: Russell Moore: "Losing Our Religion"
Episode: Russell Moore: "Losing Our Religion"
This novel was mentioned as containing a scene where the barber, Jaber, quotes Jesus's command to 'love your enemies' to a right-wing Christian named Troy, a passage the speaker initially found a bit too on the nose but now feels is highly relevant to current events.
So Wendell Berry wrote a novel back in 2000 called Jaber Crow. And you quote this in your book and in one of the scenes in the book, Jaber is a barber in Kentucky and he's cutting the hair of this sort of right wing Christian named Troy. A man who was convinced that they were surrounded by communists and they should all be rounded up and shot.
And Jaber, the barber stops, looks at him and says, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. And the guy in the chair says, Where do you get that crap? And Jaber says, Jesus Christ.