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Truth In Stephen Kumalo's Cry The Beloved Country

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In Cry, the Beloved Country, Stephen Kumalo is a good example of being a truthful man, who is constantly transforming his life in different ways throughout the book. You may ask, “how is he a man who represents truth, he has lied a few times?” Yes, he has told a few lies, who hasn’t, but he still is a truthful man who values the truth. He values the ultimate truth, being the Word of God, and he values what the truth is and how he should live it. He is not perfect, he sometimes can lie and he knows it, but he does what we all should do when we mess up, pray, and ask for forgiveness. This also goes to show the pastors and priests are not perfect and can do things that we often don’t think that pastors or priests do. Two of these things
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