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Dekker’s House are able to accept the salvation offered by the Christian
Jesus and are therefore forgiven. House incorporates the doctrinal
elements of Christian Fiction in order to create a clear depiction of the
implicit and explicit Christian views of right and wrong.
Throughout Peretti and Dekker’s novel, one of the two main
female characters, Leslie, is repeatedly reprimanded and ultimately
suffers eternal damnation. Through the depiction of Leslie, Peretti and
Dekker construct what they believe is a biblically-based representation of
an ungodly and punishable woman. Leslie’s character is presented as an
assertive and powerful woman whose past is marked by a variety of
tribulations that she has yet to overcome. Among the trials that Leslie has
faced lays child molestation. Peretti and Dekker utilize Leslie’s position
as a sexual abuse victim to psychologically torture her throughout the
novel, commonly referen