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I Think Some of the Best Books Are the “What If?” Ones

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The Barabbas Legacy is the final book in the Barabbas Trilogy, and M.D. House is back to tell us some of the cool things he put in this book! via @chautonahavig

M. D. House has finished his Barabbas Trilogy and whoooeee!  Am I excited to see what kind of “what could have happeneds” occur in this one.  What more are we going to learn about his family, the apostles he meets, all the things?  What about the maybes about big names like Paul?  Whoa…  Let’s just say it’s cool to consider.

Listen in and find out those things, more, AND… what’s coming up next!

The Barabbas Legacy

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I Think Some of the Best Books Are the “What If?” Ones

I had a blast chatting with M.D. House (Mike) about his Barabbas Trilogy back in Episode 70. So, when I found out he had the final book available and wanted to talk about it, I was like, “YEAH!

The Barabbas Legacy takes us into some of the most turbulent times in early church history. Can you say A.D. 70?  WHEW! There’s so much to this book. There are travels all over the place, people we have met in the Bible, their children, and… magi. That’s all I’m sayin’.

Mike also says he’s got new books in the works… some spin-offs of the Barabbas books, a fantasy where a German regiment ends up through a portal, and… a CHRISTMAS STORY. EEEP!

Speaking of Germans, he also recommended a movie about Germans and Americans in WWII– Saints and Soldiers. I believe he said his narrator for The Barabbas Legacy was in the movie!

So of course, that meant we ended up talking about Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Amanda Barratt’s book, My Dearest Dietrich.

The Barabbas Legacy M.D. HouseThe Barabbas Legacy by M.D. House

In this poignant capstone to the trilogy, the man called Barabbas—infamous former thief, murderer, and prisoner turned Christian—and his wife Chanah continue their mission of spreading the gospel across the known world as cauldrons of political and military chaos boil across the Roman Empire. Nero is increasingly erratic, and it’s only a matter of time before the sharp knives of imperial politics finish him off. Various successors vie for position. Who will strike first, and who will come out on top?

Meanwhile, the rebellion in Judea has intensified, the Jewish zealots exerting great influence over the minds of the people. General Vespasian and his son Titus aim to put a permanent end to the insurrection. How many lives will ultimately be sacrificed on the great altar of Jerusalem? Can the Jewish nation survive the fulfillment of Jesus’s prophecy? What will become of the Jewish Christians and the apostles and sisters who lead them? And where will Barabbas and his family find lasting peace?

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Have you ever had to choose between saving one life or twenty? Fifty? Listen in as Jeremiah Friedli and I chat about his Core Decipher and whether his character Seth should save one life at a time or if he risks his life to save many.

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This Core series is so timely–with the way surveillance becomes more intrusive every day, ummmm. Yeah.

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Seth Alvarez has the ultimate power in a surveillance state: cyber invisibility. Using stolen tech that makes him a ghost to the all-seeing CORE system, he’s the resistance’s most valuable protector. But when CORE prepares a deadly upgrade that will crush all hope of freedom, Seth must make an impossible choice: stay hidden and keep saving lives one at a time, or risk everything by going undercover inside CORE’s fortress for a chance to liberate thousands. Allying with a former enemy, Seth must pull off the most dangerous hack in history—one that will either liberate an entire nation or destroy everyone he loves.

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