What is everyone talking about? What is this news being proclaimed in the market-places and preached in the synagogues? Across the Roman Empire, people are talking about a man named Jesus. He was put to death, but has been seen alive again. His followers joyfully announce that God has done this, and that God is offering new life to everyone. People who believe are living changed lives: they have been nicknamed 'Christians'. This ten-volume series uncovers the exciting real-life story of the Bible. Collect all the books in the Bible World series and build a reference library that you will turn to again and again. Get to know the people of the Bible - their land, their history, their lives, their heroes and their beliefs.

 

This book is part of a book series called Bible World .

There are 48 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 1995 by Lion Hudson Plc .

John Drane taught practical theology at the universities of Stirling and Aberdeen, and is currently a Fellow of St John's College, Durham, and an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, California. He is widely known for his best-selling books on the Bible: Introducing the Old Testament and Introducing the New Testament.

This book has the following chapters: Contents 1. Small Beginnings 2. Wind and Fire 3. Danger Ahead 4. The Persecutor 5. Peter Leads the Way 6. A Dangerous Journey 7. Jews and Gentiles 8. A New Adventure 9. A New Church 10. Going to Church in the First Century 11. Keeping in Touch 12. Paul in Jerusalem 13. On the Way to Rome 14. A Prisoner in Rome 15. The Christians in Rome 16. Apostles and Missionaries 17. More Letters and their Writers 18. False Teachers 19. Hope for the Future 20. Being a Christian