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Luke never met Jesus. Unlike the other Gospel writers, he never witnessed Jesus perform miracles or heard Him impart 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.
Authors of the highly successful Left Behind series of apocalyptic novels, pastor LaHaye and author Jenkins base their stories on Christian scripture. Their latest religious fiction project examines the era and story of Jesus Christ by constructing accounts of each Gospel writer's life. This volume of The Jesus Chronicles recounts the life story of the author of the Gospel of Luke. Luke, born as Loukon into a family of slaves, earns the respect of his master, Theophilus, as a child and is sent to the university in Tarsus to study medicine. From this point on, the plot, unfortunately, becomes contrived. While at school, Luke meets Saul, an arrogant fellow student who later becomes known as Paul after his conversion. Luke develops a hobby of writing stories and eventually composes his gospel at the feet of Mary, the mother of Jesus, who, while old and somewhat feeble, is able to recall the exact words her son spoke 20 years before. Fans of the authors' earlier work will likely appreciate this account, but it is unlikely to win any converts. (Feb.)
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Kimberly Hayes
reviewed Luke's Story (Jesus Chronicles Series #3) on March 09, 2012
Luke's Story (Jesus Chronicles Series #3)
Written by a pastor, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, chair of the Moody Bible Institute, these two authors have collaborated on many religious books. This one is 3rd in the Jesus Chronicles. The beginning third of the book was fun to read though not well written. Probably it was conjectured, but the story of Luke (Bible New Testament Luke and Acts) growing up as a slave who was favored by his rich master and therefore taught to read and tutored was a good read. The book remains interesting as it moves on to Luke's college period as a medical and stoicism student. (His college seems a little too similar to today's college experiences.) Luke, a Greek, enjoyed a friendship with a Jew until the man who intended to be a Rabbi realized he was not to fraternize with people other than Jews. Of course, in the conversion to Christianity section of the book, they rejoin their friendship.
As the book gets into the period of conversion and writing the gospel and trips in the service of God and friendship with Paul, it begins using Luke's gospel as its' words and substitutes preaching for story. I got bored and gave up with reading as this part was sufficiently familar. I should have known it would be. The book ends with Luke's segments of the Bible and Acts.
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