My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.

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There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

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I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

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