John's Story
Authors: Tim Lahaye,Jerry B. Jenkins
Tim LaHaye
is a noted author, minister, and nationally recognized speaker on Bible prophecy. He is founder and president of Tim LaHaye Ministries and a cofounder of the Pre-Trib Research Center. A pastor for thirty-nine years, Dr. LaHaye has written more than fifty nonfiction books and coauthored the Left Behind series, the most successful Christian fiction venture in publishing history, with Jerry Jenkins. LaHaye and his wife, Beverly, who have been married for more than fifty years, live in Southern California. You can visit his website at www.TimLaHaye.com.
Jerry B. Jenkins,
formerly vice president for publishing and currently writer-at-large for the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, is the author of more than 150 books, including the Left Behind series with Tim LaHaye. Dr. Jenkins’s writing has appeared in
Time, Reader’s Digest, Parade,
and
Guideposts,
and dozens of other Christian periodicals. He owns Jenkins Entertainment, a filmmaking company based in Los Angeles, as well as the Christian Writers Guild, which aims to train tomorrow’s professional Christian writers and has nearly two thousand members worldwide. A sought-after marriage and family speaker, Jenkins lives with his wife, Dianna, in Colorado Springs. You can visit his website at www.JerryJenkins.com.
THE JESUS CHRONICLES
Book One
THE LAST EYEWITNESS
IM
L
A
H
AYE
and
J
ERRY
B. J
ENKINS
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Excerpt from
Mark’s Story
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John’s story: the last eyewitness / Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.
p. cm.—(The Jesus chronicles; bk. 1)
1. Jesus Christ—Fiction. 2. John, the Apostle, Saint—Fiction. 3. Bible, N. T.—History of biblical events—Fiction. I. Jenkins, Jerry B. II. Title.
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To the memory of
D
R.
K
ENNETH
N. T
AYLOR,
a lover of the Word
Thanks to
John Perrodin
for research assistance,
and to D. Michael Hostetler
for advance exposure to
the invaluable reference work,
The Nazareth Jesus Knew
© 2005 by Nazareth Village
www.NazarethVillage.com