The
power of Letters
to Luke lies in the author's ability to write
with authority - as if he and his beloved wife were living in the
time of Christ and encountering Jesus for the first time. Their spiritual
journey unfolds in letters to Luke of Antioch, a friend and fellow
physician.
Letters
to Luke is the story of a doubter who becomes a believer,
a man of science who becomes a man of faith. It emphasizes the healing
power of forgiveness, respect for women's spirituality and the sacredness
of life.
Where is it set?
Letters
to Luke takes place in Capernaum, Jerusalem, Jericho and Nazareth.
The physicians Joseph and Elisa also accompany Jesus, his apostles
and other followers on their journey from Galilee to Judea for Passover.
This interactive map shows
the Holy Land in the time of Jesus, Joseph, and
Elisa.
How did Letters to Luke begin? It started
after a severe illness during which the author was semiconscious
for days. "At that time," he recalls, "I had a dream that I was with
Jesus in Nazareth."
How did a physician learn so much about the time of Jesus?
The author and his wife took more than more than 40 courses in Scriptures, theology,
Biblical history and early Christianity. Other major sources of inspiration for
this work were Pierre Barbet's pioneering study, A Doctor at Calvary, and the
research of John P. Jackson Ph.D. and Rebecca Jackson, co-founders of the Turin
Shroud Center of Colorado.
