Discovering Jesus' Disciples

Apart from a few famous stories like Peter walking on water most readers of the Bible have only a vague notion of who Jesus's apostles were and what they did. They had incredibly adventurous lives. This book gleaned from over a decade of teaching and study takes you on a magic carpet ride with the apostles reveals the world through their eyes and accurately retraces every known step of their lives. Imprisoned in Nero's Rome Paul wrote I am an ambassador in chains. Apostle means ambassador and these long-suffering ambassadors of Christ bore the gospel over tens of thousands of miles from Jerusalem to Africa Europe and Asia. They planted churches had heavenly encounters worked miracles wrote all-time best-sellers were shipwrecked flogged imprisoned and martyred and turned empires and kingdoms upside down. This book is a journey of discovery back to the first century experiencing how against all odds these embattled and triumphant ambassadors in chains so perfectly fulfilled the Great Commission of Jesus.