About the Book
Book: The Last Disciple: Crisis in Jerusalem
Author: Kurt Brouwer
Genre:Christian Historical Fiction
Release date: November, 2022
He was the Beloved Disciple…
…and he would be the last.
The mantle to tell the whole story has fallen on him.
From the cross, Jesus entrusted John, the youngest disciple, with the welfare of Mary, Jesus’s mother. Over thirty years later, as Jerusalem becomes a cauldron of explosive tempers, he receives a calling he doesn’t want.
Will he listen and follow?
And if he does, will it be too late?
In 62 AD, the Jewish high priest executes James, the brother of Jesus, triggering a bitter fight for power in Jerusalem that shatters the quiet life of John. The Jewish people he loves are making dangerous choices that will change the land of Israel forever.
Should he stay in Jerusalem and help hold off the Roman onslaught? Or is it time to reach out to those beyond Israel’s borders?
If he chooses to leave, what will be his message to these foreign believers? What new words of comfort could he possibly share?
Set against a backdrop of actual events, The Last Disciple: Crisis in Jerusalem is the first novel in a new series based on the Bible and Christian history.
Follow along while John faces multiple crises and comes to understand what it is to stand alone and lean on only the Lord.
Your heart will embrace The Last Disciple: Crisis in Jerusalem because John’s story is the story of our hope and promise.
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About the Author
It all started the morning I learned that the Gospel of John was published fifty years after Jesus died. Fifty years! What did John do all that time? Where did he live? Why did he wait? Frankly I got a little obsessive about this man who became the last disciple.
Living in Hawaii
For the past 20 years, I’ve been a member of a Bible-based Christian church in Hawaii. About eight years ago, our pastor, Kahu Billy Mitchell, challenged our Elders group to pray and read the Bible for one hour every morning.
It wasn’t as though we were not reading the Bible or praying every day, but he challenged us to take our devotions up a few notches. So, I did just that.
During one of those early morning sessions, I was studying the books of the New Testament in a broad sense. Who wrote them and when? What were the broad themes covered in each?
I found out that a huge gap of 50 years elapsed after the ministry of Jesus and the publication of the Gospel of John. That morning something else hit me–John outlived all the others to become the last disciple. I couldn’t stop thinking about how lonely it must have been to be the last one standing.
A few years later, I began writing The Last Disciple Series of Christian historical novels about the life of John.
The Last Disciple Series
The Last Disciple is a series of Christian novels based on the Bible and Christian history. The first in the series: The Last Disciple: Crisis in Jerusalem, begins in the year 62 AD. In it, you walk with John through the streets of Jerusalem. With him, you face multiple crises and come to understand what it is to stand alone and lean only on the Lord.
This book, The Last Disciple: Exile in Ephesus is the third in the series, following The Last Disciple: Escape to Antioch (book two) and The Last Disciple: Crisis in Jerusalem (book one).
Blog Stops
Blogging With Carol, April 12
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, April 13
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, April 14
Texas Book-aholic, April 15
Artistic Nobody, April 16 (Author Interview)
Lots of Helpers, April 16
She Lives To Read, April 17
Locks, Hooks and Books, April 18
Guild Master, April 19 (Author Interview)
An Author’s Take, April 20
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, April 21
Fiction Book Lover, April 22 (Author Interview)
Mary Hake, April 22
The Lofty Pages, April 23
Cover Lover Book Review, April 24
Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, April 25
Giveaway
To celebrate his tour, Kurt is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/2b465/the-last-disciple-crisis-in-jerusalem-celebration-tour-giveaway
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Carrie Walker lives
in Michigan with her husband and seven children. From her ten years
serving as a high school youth minister, adventures around the globe,
and raising a family, many stories have been knit within her heart.
I took writing classes and penned this story over and over until it was
right. And now I hand baby Theo to you, and pray he touches your life
as well.
Award-winning author, Pat Nichols
is proving it’s never too late to follow your dreams. Nine years after
retiring from a twenty-seven-year corporate career with an international
beauty company, her love for writing resurfaced and prompted her to
launch career number two as a novelist. Now she draws on her experience
to write stories with tension-laced challenges and heart-warming
triumphs. The Secret of Willow Inn is a 2020 Selah Award
winner. Starstruck in Willow Falls is a NGCWC Georgia Peach Award
winner. Her short story The Vet and Valentine Day also won a NGCWC
Georgia Peach Award.
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vintage feel, this story is sure to charm lovers of Christian women’s
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