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Read John's Story: The Last Eyewitness (2006)

John's Story: The Last Eyewitness (2006)

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0399153896 (ISBN13: 9780399153891)
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John's Story: The Last Eyewitness (2006) - Plot & Excerpts

This book was difficult to sort the fiction from non-fiction, unlike it sequel(Mark's Story) While book two weaved the entire gospel into the plot, this behind the scene view of John writing his gospel and the revelation used only a portion of the scripture. A description of John Surviving being "Boiled in Oil" is not documented and is unclear whether it was fiction or maybe part of tradition.Nevertheless, one character presents a clear picture of Gnostic theology, which John was counteracting with his gospel. We see a good outline of John in that we see 7 signs or proofs of Christ's deity in his writing.Warning! A few of these gnostic teachings have recently been seen in local churches, This book might help you discern some of this false doctrine. Otherwise, remember, this is a bible based novel,laced with 2 men's interpretations. It is not Bible study material. Still, it gives a lot of the actual Gospel of John and a bit of Revelation to add inspiration,so is worth the read.

John's story gives an interesting outlook form the perspective of Jesus' youngest apostle, John, son of Zebedee. I like it because it explains the reason John wrote his account of the gospel, to prove the Jesus was Christ and that He claimed to be so many times. It also explains John's exile to Patmos and the revelation he received from the Lord and how the last book in the bible came to be. I really enjoyed this book because it shows that even though John was the youngest and although he was the only apostle not to die a martyr's death, he went through many tortures and used the last bit of his life to spread the gospel. It is really inspiring and gives great insight to the issues of the early christian church

What do You think about John's Story: The Last Eyewitness (2006)?

Poorly Written.Most of the book merely quotes Scripture, then tosses in a bit of commentary, and for flavor, has the Apostle John complaining about everything around him: his room, the city bath, the food, his aches and pains, and even John's best friends aren't spared from his almost constant criticism.I had hoped for a good, detailed read about John's life. Instead, this book skims over John's life in a frantic rush to re-present the gospel of John and the book of Revelation all over again in
—Wes

This is a wonderfully written novel, by Tim LaHaye. He takes literary efforts to bring us a story of how John's life could have been, The last disciple of Jesus Christ, finished out his days. The story begins with John imprisoned and after being boiled in oil and surviving, the story takes you through his life as a teacher. He mentors and keeps the church going while preaching to others of the time. The story takes place around 95 A.D. which places John in his 90's. I highly recommend this series, known as the Jesus Chronicles, which is a series of 4 books.
—Mike

Well....I read all of the Left Behind series and found it very engrossing. It had good mystery elements, good religious elements, good history and projection elements. It was heart-pounding excitement and a great series for the approach to the millennial year 2000. But as with all millennial years, the end of the world did not come, so after that it lost its gloss. LaHaye has a very fundamental religious base and he really presents it in John's Story. There is more direct evangelization in this book than there was in the Left Behind stories. It took away from the ease of reading, particularly if you don't always agree with LaHaye's outlook. It turned me off from reading the rest of the books in this new series.
—Dee

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