The Greatest Stories Ever... Retold

Ross Thomas Lucas

Sept 2010 · AuthorHouse

About this eBook

I wonder what the Samaritan woman who met Jesus at Jacob’s Well was like.  What were the circumstances that led to her being there, drawing water in the heat of the day?

The New Testament does not give us much background on the people involved in some of the familiar stories.  This book brings those characters to life by letting the reader imagine what their life might have been like.

Consider Joseph as a man wondering how he got himself into a situation where he and his pregnant wife were traveling to Bethlehem.  What happened at the birth of Jesus from the perspective of another guest in the Inn?  Did the jailer in Philippi have a son?  If he did, how might he have viewed the events that happened while Paul was a prisoner?  A Centurion had a servant who was ill.  What was the relationship between the Centurion and the servant?  How did the Centurion happen to get sent to Galilee?

These stories take New Testament stories as a starting place and consider a different possibility.  They will challenge you to think again about the people who might have met Jesus in person.

 

About the author

Drawing from a background of more than 20 years in pastoral ministry and another almost 20 years as a psychologist and pastoral counselor Ross brings a fresh perspective to the people in the stories. Ross did his undergraduate work at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana with a major in History and a minor in Philosophy. He earned a Master of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, a M.S. in Counseling and Guidance from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.Ross has served on numerous community, church and professional committees; including having been Chairman for the Midwest Region of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, Center Director for the Windsor/Detroit Community of the ManKind Project. He currently serves on the Region Board of the American Baptist Church of Michigan.Ross is an Eagle Scout and holds a first degree Black Belt in Judo.