Julesburg Public Library

"The Big Fisherman" is a historical novel centered around Simon Peter, one of the twelve apostles. He is a large, strong man, who initially rejects the whisperings about Jesus. Though he had long denied religious teachings from his father, Simon is drawn to Jesus and feels changed when he meets him. When Jesus tells him to follow, he does. In "The Big Fisherman" we intimately experience the story of Jesus and go with Him into the countryside where...

He was impulsive, arrogrant, and passionate to a fault. Yet Jesus chose him to lead the early church. Peter, one of the most colorful of jesus' disciples, paints the picture of a man who wants desperately to be holy but is hampered by being all too human. this book looks at this caustic, cocky, cowardly, chosen man and what his life has to say to christians today.

"Bart Ehrman takes readers on a tour of the early Christian church, illuminating the lives of three of Jesus' most intriguing followers: Simon Peter, Paul of Tarsus, and Mary Magdalene." "What do the writings of the New Testament tell us about each of these key followers of Christ? What legends have sprung up about them in the centuries after their deaths? Was Paul bow-legged and bald? Was Peter crucified upside down? Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute?...