Goodreads asked JR. Forasteros:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

JR. Forasteros I preached a sermon on Herod the Great - the guy who ordered the deaths of all the baby boys of Bethlehem when Jesus was born. In drilling down to who Herod really was, I found he was a lot more like me than I was comfortable admitting.

After preaching that message, for a couple of months afterwards, my congregation kept talking about Herod, about how they were haunted by him. I knew there was something resonating with taking a closer look at these infamous villains. So I began poking at some others...

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