LUKE'S STORY Hardback - 2009

by Jenkins, Jerry B.; LaHaye, Tim

Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins forever changed the world ofpublishing with their phenomenal Left Behind series, whichhas sold more than 65 million copies. Now they are teamingup again to bring to life the glorious, dramatic story of JesusChrist, told through the eyes of the Gospel writers Matthew,Mark, Luke, and John. What Left Behind did for the Book ofRevelation, The Jesus Chronicles will do for the Gospels.

Luke never met Jesus. Unlike the other Gospel writers, henever witnessed Jesus perform miracles or heard Himimpart the Word that healed the souls of so many. No,his was a belief built on faith alone, like that of believers today.And his Gospel, filled with the stories of the Lord's divinity,speaks to the hearts of Christians everywhere.

In Luke's Story, we follow him as he rises from Greek slaveto university-educated physician. Along the way, he meets Saulof Tarsus, a formidable Hebrew debater who becomes bothLuke's role model and greatest competitor. Luke is intrigued butskeptical when he hears tales of a man named Jesus who purportedlyperforms great miracles of healing. But the dramaticstory of the conversion and redemption of Saul, now called Paul,and the miraculous healing of one of his own patients by prayer,irreversibly changes Luke's spiritual life. He pledges himself toChrist and makes the life-changing choice to write a Gospelbased on years of interviewing believers about their conversionsand listening to stories of the Lord's life from those who knewHim most important, His mother, Mary.

Luke wrote his Gospel to appeal to women, nonbelievers,and the disenfranchised. The result is scripture rich in the miraculousstories of Jesus that touches people all over the worldtoday.