The Brother's Keeper - Softcover

Groot, Tracy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1496422228 ISBN 13: 9781496422224

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

The sons of Joseph run a successful carpentry business in Nazareth. At least, it was successful until the oldest brother, Jesus, left home to tell the world he will forgive their sins and save their souls. Now everyone is hearing outlandish reports of healings and exorcisms. Business is suffering: not many people want a stool made by the family of the local crazy man.

When one of his brothers starts listening to Jesus’ troubling speeches and fanatical Zealots descend on Nazareth to convince his family to join their fight against Rome, James wants nothing more than to shut out these rumblings and have a normal life. But normal walked out the day his brother did.

James knows that this year’s Passover pilgrimage will be more important than ever. Hearing about a possible plot against Jesus, he must find him and talk some sense into him before it’s too late. And he must decide for himself who his brother really is. But on the dusty road to Jerusalem, more than one faction has murder on its mind. . . .

About this title

From the Back Cover

NOT EVEN HIS BROTHERS BELIEVED IN HIM.Thirty years after he followed a star to Bethlehem, one of the Magi is back on another mission. This time, he is sent not to an infant “king of the Jews,” but to the king’s brother James.The sons of Joseph run a successful carpentry business in Nazareth. At least, it was successful until the oldest brother, Jesus, left home to tell the world he will forgive their sins and save their souls. Now everyone is hearing outlandish reports of healings and exorcisms. Business is suffering; not many people want a stool made by the family of the local crazy man.   James wants nothing more than to shut out the strangeness and have a normal life. But normal walked out the day his brother did, and strange things keep happening. One brother starts listening to Jesus’ troubling speeches. Fanatical Zealots descend on Nazareth to convince the family to join their fight against Rome. An eerie visitor with a foreign accent tells James to “consider it all joy.”James knows that this year’s Passover pilgrimage will be more important than ever. He must find Jesus and talk some sense into him. He must warn of a possible plot against Jesus. And he must decide for himself who his brother really is.What James does not know, on the dusty road to Jerusalem, is that more than one faction has murder on it’s mind...TRACY GROOT is a part-time writer, full-time mother, and co-owner with her husband, Jack, of a coffee shop in Holland, Michigan. 

About the Author

TRACY GROOT is a part-time writer and co-owner of a popular coffee shop and juice bar. Tracy is author of The Brother's Keeper, Stones of My Accusers and Madman. She, her husband Jack, and their three boys live in Holland, Michigan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1496422228
• ISBN 13: 9781496422224
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 448