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Intrepid Men of God #3
Luke: Slave & Physician
Luke is a part of the spoils of war after the famous Roman Battle of Baduhenna Wood of AD 28. With no sight of Luke's Nordic warrior father, Most Excellent Theophilus, knighted Roman tribune, takes Luke as his slave to be trained as his scribe and private physician.
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As Theophilus is transferred to fortresses throughout Germanica, Luke sings his father's haunting song, hoping to find him some day. Along the way, he is betrothed to the beautiful Rashah. With Theophilus finally going into semi-retirement in Berea, Luke gains permission to climb nearby Mount Olympus to talk to the gods. His anger grows hot when he realizes they are not there and may not even exist.
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Soon after, Luke goes to Troas and meets the Apostle Paul. Now as a Christian and having been given his freedom, he spends the next decade traveling with Paul and treating his many injuries. Theophilus becomes a Christian, and Luke promises to write for him an accurate accounting of Jesus' life. Upon Paul's death, Luke sets out to find and interview Jesus' apostles, now scattered around the world.
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Come read of Luke and what might have been.
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(At the end of the book are discussion questions for book clubs and Bible classes.)
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As Theophilus is transferred to fortresses throughout Germanica, Luke sings his father's haunting song, hoping to find him some day. Along the way, he is betrothed to the beautiful Rashah. With Theophilus finally going into semi-retirement in Berea, Luke gains permission to climb nearby Mount Olympus to talk to the gods. His anger grows hot when he realizes they are not there and may not even exist.
.
Soon after, Luke goes to Troas and meets the Apostle Paul. Now as a Christian and having been given his freedom, he spends the next decade traveling with Paul and treating his many injuries. Theophilus becomes a Christian, and Luke promises to write for him an accurate accounting of Jesus' life. Upon Paul's death, Luke sets out to find and interview Jesus' apostles, now scattered around the world.
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Come read of Luke and what might have been.
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(At the end of the book are discussion questions for book clubs and Bible classes.)
456 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 25, 2016
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About the author
Katheryn Maddox Haddad
156 books30 followersKatheryn Maddox Haddad researches an average of 300 hours preparing to write each of her historical novels.
She hails from Arizona where she doesn't have to shovel sunshine. She basks in hot weather, palm trees and cacti in her yard, and a computer with the key names worn away.
With a bachelor’s degree in English, Bible and social science from Harding University and part of a master’s degree in Bible, including Greek, from the Harding Graduate School of Theology, she also has a master’s degree in management and human relations from Abilene University.
Her newspaper column appeared for several years in newspapers in Texas and North Carolina ~ "Little Known Facts About the Bible" ~ and she has written for numerous Christian publications.
Currently she teaches English over the internet every morning, using the Bible as a text book. Most of her students are Muslims. She has taught some 5000 thus far, and has former students, now Christians, in hiding in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Uzbekistan, Jordan, and Palestine. "They are my heroes" she declares.
She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Christian Writers of the West, and is also an energetic public speaker who can touch the heart of audiences.
She hails from Arizona where she doesn't have to shovel sunshine. She basks in hot weather, palm trees and cacti in her yard, and a computer with the key names worn away.
With a bachelor’s degree in English, Bible and social science from Harding University and part of a master’s degree in Bible, including Greek, from the Harding Graduate School of Theology, she also has a master’s degree in management and human relations from Abilene University.
Her newspaper column appeared for several years in newspapers in Texas and North Carolina ~ "Little Known Facts About the Bible" ~ and she has written for numerous Christian publications.
Currently she teaches English over the internet every morning, using the Bible as a text book. Most of her students are Muslims. She has taught some 5000 thus far, and has former students, now Christians, in hiding in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Uzbekistan, Jordan, and Palestine. "They are my heroes" she declares.
She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Christian Writers of the West, and is also an energetic public speaker who can touch the heart of audiences.
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March 24, 2017
Who usually says history is boring? Oh, that would be me. Not so with Katheryn Maddox Haddad’s new book, “Luke: Slave and Physician,” which is the third book in the Intrepid Men of God series.
Talk about bringing history to life! I enjoyed all 439 pages of this book. Luke: Slave and Physician is a work biblical fiction. It starts with Luke (an author of the Holy Bible) as a child and goes through to his adulthood. While we aren’t given the details of Luke’s early life, or a lot of personal details, in the Bible, it sure was fun to read about what his life might have, or could have, been like!
Luke was raised as a beloved slave after his father was presumed dead in battle. He was educated and loved by his master, who always encouraged him to make discoveries, by seeking out truth. As a youngster, Luke was very confused about which god to serve, and wondered why there were so many. After he heard of Jesus, he spent several years traveling and collecting first-hand accounts of Jesus’ life. He had a very strong desire to know everything about Jesus Christ and to be able to share his information to help others discover the one true God.
This book is a great read! I love that it contains scripture, truths from the Bible, and fiction that sort of fills in the blanks. I received this book from The Book Club Network and the author, in exchange for my honest review.
Talk about bringing history to life! I enjoyed all 439 pages of this book. Luke: Slave and Physician is a work biblical fiction. It starts with Luke (an author of the Holy Bible) as a child and goes through to his adulthood. While we aren’t given the details of Luke’s early life, or a lot of personal details, in the Bible, it sure was fun to read about what his life might have, or could have, been like!
Luke was raised as a beloved slave after his father was presumed dead in battle. He was educated and loved by his master, who always encouraged him to make discoveries, by seeking out truth. As a youngster, Luke was very confused about which god to serve, and wondered why there were so many. After he heard of Jesus, he spent several years traveling and collecting first-hand accounts of Jesus’ life. He had a very strong desire to know everything about Jesus Christ and to be able to share his information to help others discover the one true God.
This book is a great read! I love that it contains scripture, truths from the Bible, and fiction that sort of fills in the blanks. I received this book from The Book Club Network and the author, in exchange for my honest review.
September 21, 2017
Luke, Slave & Physician #3 Intrepid Men of God by Katheryn Maddox Haddad
Luke, Slave & Physician is the 3rd book in the Men of God series, this is the first of the series I have read. Katheryn Haddad has created an interesting story of Luke (one of the inspired authors of the Bible), what his life from a very young child and on into adulthood could have been like, filling in the blanks with a lot of potential personal details leading up to his conversion as a follower of Christ. She has based her story-line on scripture and history (which I understand she does extensive historical research for her books) which I appreciate. I was pleasantly surprised as I read along with the detail in this book and enjoyed reading the historical aspects of when Luke was a young child and into adulthood.
~I received a copy of this book from the author via TBCN (no monetary gain were exchanged), this is my honest review~
Luke, Slave & Physician is the 3rd book in the Men of God series, this is the first of the series I have read. Katheryn Haddad has created an interesting story of Luke (one of the inspired authors of the Bible), what his life from a very young child and on into adulthood could have been like, filling in the blanks with a lot of potential personal details leading up to his conversion as a follower of Christ. She has based her story-line on scripture and history (which I understand she does extensive historical research for her books) which I appreciate. I was pleasantly surprised as I read along with the detail in this book and enjoyed reading the historical aspects of when Luke was a young child and into adulthood.
~I received a copy of this book from the author via TBCN (no monetary gain were exchanged), this is my honest review~
February 12, 2018
I do not like writing negative reviews but find it hard to find much that is positive in this. I have no idea where the author found research saying that Luke was captured as a boy in Germanicus... and for a large part of the book wanted to return or at least find his father.
Research I found consistently said Luke was born in Antioch,
The present tense was distracting and scenes changed abruptly making it difficult to follow. Author has an active imagination about the other apostles also. I don't remember reading in the Bible that Paul had his eye put out.
I found it needed spellchecking too. Words joined together, and some missed.
It would have been good to like it, but I am afraid I did not.
Research I found consistently said Luke was born in Antioch,
The present tense was distracting and scenes changed abruptly making it difficult to follow. Author has an active imagination about the other apostles also. I don't remember reading in the Bible that Paul had his eye put out.
I found it needed spellchecking too. Words joined together, and some missed.
It would have been good to like it, but I am afraid I did not.
April 16, 2017
Luke Slave & Physician by Katheryn Maddox Haddad is book three in the series, Intrepid Men of God. The author creates an interesting story based upon scripture and history. The beginning relates that Luke becomes a slave to Theopilus, a knighted tribune, after the Roman Battle of Baduhenna Wood in A.D. 28. The misfortune of being displaced from his father is a great sorrow to him, but as a slave, he is treated well and is trained to be a scribe and private physician. At both professions he is very successful, and these serve him well. Through his life’s journey he always searches for his long-lost father.
As Luke follows his master to different fortresses, he gains many meaningful experiences. When Theophilus semi-retires to Berea, Luke climbs Mt. Olympus to talk to the gods there. He doubts the existence of these gods, and searches for meaning elsewhere. Luke encounters Paul and becomes a Christian. When he receives his freedom, he attends to Paul’s health and travels with him. His master also receives Christ and commissions Luke to write about Jesus’s life. Thus, Luke decides to find and interview the apostles and others who have eye-witness accounts of Jesus and his ministry. Luke has many important meetings and experiences before he completes his writing and heads for his homeland.
This is an interesting reflection upon what Luke’s life might have been. I recommend this book to all who enjoy reading about the people and places of Jesus’s time. I received this book through TBCN in exchange for an honest review.
As Luke follows his master to different fortresses, he gains many meaningful experiences. When Theophilus semi-retires to Berea, Luke climbs Mt. Olympus to talk to the gods there. He doubts the existence of these gods, and searches for meaning elsewhere. Luke encounters Paul and becomes a Christian. When he receives his freedom, he attends to Paul’s health and travels with him. His master also receives Christ and commissions Luke to write about Jesus’s life. Thus, Luke decides to find and interview the apostles and others who have eye-witness accounts of Jesus and his ministry. Luke has many important meetings and experiences before he completes his writing and heads for his homeland.
This is an interesting reflection upon what Luke’s life might have been. I recommend this book to all who enjoy reading about the people and places of Jesus’s time. I received this book through TBCN in exchange for an honest review.
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