Reviews for Matthew's Story (Jesus Chronicles Series #4)

The average rating for Matthew's Story (Jesus Chronicles Series #4) based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-06-01 00:00:00 Marcus Arianas This is a fictional telling of Matthew's story, his life before meeting and following Jesus. Although it does include the Book of Matthew after the story, it does not claim to be the actual biography of Matthew. I do like how it portrayed Matthew as being the sinful tax collector, Levi, whose outlook changed after investigating, meeting, and following Jesus. These books do offer another look at the life of the first apostles...but personally, I feel that the life portrayed is still slightly modernized and Americanized. That is great since it brings about a bit more understanding for me. This is not a book to use to provide specific historical facts, even though if does reference general historical events. I was hoping for more to help in my bible studies, but this was more of a light read instead of research. I will continue with the rest of the books because I did enjoy the stories.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-08-30 00:00:00 Jean Lapointe I've sometimes wondered about the disciples--who they were, what happened in their lives to get them where they were when they encountered Jesus, what choices they made and heartaches they carried into ministry. I appreciated this look into what might have happened to Matthew that led to his choice to become a tax collector. It was interesting to consider, and while I know that the tales of his youth in these pages are fiction, it makes the man I see in Scripture more real, relatable. More human.