The Bishop of Jerusalem - Softcover

If you knew your life was about to end, how would you prepare yourself? First-century Jerusalem was always in political turmoil as the seven Jewish sects completed for power under the watchful presence of Roman occupation. But with the death of the Roman procurator and the installation of a new high priest, the danger to James escalated considerably. James, the brother of Jesus, and the leader of the Christian sect known as The Way, knew well that it was a volatile time. Ananas, the new high priest, was seizing this opportune moment to pressure James into denouncing his faith, his Lord, and his brother. Who would guess that the simple answer to Ananas' question would cost James his life...but build an enduring legacy of faith for generations to come? The intriguing story based on the last days of James, the brother of Jesus and writer of the epistle James in the Bible, who was martyred in 62 AD.

CHUCK THOMPSON is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Religion at King College, where he is also the Director of the Counseling Center serving both the campus and the community. "Over the past ten years, I have come to organize more and more of my counseling style and technique around the first chapter of the Epistle of James," Chuck says. "This chapter is the most comprehensive list of spiritual formation and personal growth concerns ever written. It has highly influenced how I engage in the people-helping field." A college class he has taught for the past seven years is formed around his two books on the personal application of James: The James Prescription and Slipping and Sliding Through Trials (James One Institute). Another title, Presence and Truth (James One Institute), applies this same material to the art of counseling (Chuck has taught an additional college course on Christian counseling for the past two years). Currently he is rewriting The James Prescription and another novel based on Elijah the Prophet.