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If we look closely at Holy Scripture, we discover an unexpected truth: that the heart of the gospel beats strongest at the margins. Not in the pronouncements of kings or the declarations of high priests, but in the trembling voice of a woman who dared to touch the hem of a garment. In the bewildered gratitude of a prisoner walking free while another takes his place. In the naming of God by a slave woman abandoned in the wilderness.
In Call Me Barabbas: Voices from the Margins of Scripture, Tom Robinson has crafted fifty-two free verse poems that give voice to the overlooked and forgotten figures of the biblical narrative. Moving chronologically from Genesis through Acts, these poems center on men and women whose stories are often brief, fragmented, or passed over entirely—yet whose encounters with the holy reveal something essential about grace, substitution, and what it means to be fully seen by God.
Some voices here are familiar: Sarah, Peter, Mary with her alabaster jar. Others are nearly forgotten: Hagar, Ananias, the young man who fled Gethsemane naked. Robinson listens for what might have been said in the silence between verses, offering these marginal figures the dignity of their own testimony.
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“In this quite wonderful collection of poems, Tom Robinson gives voice to biblical characters whose testimonies we may have heretofore missed. Through Tom’s poems, these voices from the margins speak to us, enabling us to experience scripture in fresh, sometimes fun, always revealing ways. Readers of these poems are sure to discover that living on the margins, playing your bit part in Christ’s great drama of redemption, is a great vantage point to discover anew the wonder of our salvation.”
—Will Willimon, author of Accidental Preacher: A Memoir
Questions of Faith
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If we look at Holy Scripture, we see an important pattern: that many of our most important lessons come to us upon the tail of a special question — a question of faith. And if we listen closely to those around us, we discover that our faith is also formed and strengthened through questions of faith that are offered by those who travel with us along the Way. Indeed, questions of faith are marvelous. While they almost always elicit answers, those answers often are ones that we don’t expect.
In Questions of Faith, Tom Robinson has crafted a collection of reflections that flow from questions of faith. Pulled from an informal journal that he has maintained since 1986, when he and his family moved to Durham, NC in order that he could attend Divinity School at Duke, they vary in length and style. Three-quarters of the reflections spring from questions found in Holy Scripture, one-fourth from the tongues of loved ones. Robinson posits that if you examine your own journey of faith, you will see that questions have been an important part of your own framework of faith.
Robinson adds that most of us are an admixture of faith and doubt, a blend of absolute assurance and utter confusion. We sometimes feel a bit like the father of the boy who was filled with the evil spirit [see Mark 9:17 et seq.]. Jesus says to the man — and to us — “All things can be done for the one who believes.” Like the father, we cry out, “I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24). The One who gave up His life for us is always happy to oblige! Thanks be to God!