Paul's Patrons Series:
In the raging sea of fear, Epaphroditus finds his faith.
A priestess of Aphrodite has spoken a prophecy over Epaphroditus. A grim fate awaits him aboard a ship.
So the wealthy merchant's son keeps to dry land in the bustling colony of Philippi and lives the life he truly wants through the letters of his closest friend Luke, a compassionate physician who sails wherever the suffering need him and seems to fear nothing at all.
Then a bold traveler named Paul arrives with news of a humble craftsman from Nazareth who was executed and did not stay dead. Against everything he expected, Epaphroditus believes.
His new faith asks something he never wanted to face. The man he now serves sits in a Roman prison across the water, he is in need, and the only road to him leads over the sea.
In the face of prejudice, Persis clings to the promises of Jesus.
Persis is a daughter of Persia and a bondservant in the household of Aristarchus, a foreigner in a busy Greek port that never lets her forget it. Thessalonica has told her plainly what she is worth.
Then she hears the teachings of Jesus and the promise of His return, and learns that in His kingdom she is neither property nor stranger, but a beloved child of God.
The believers welcome her as family, and Paul's letters are read aloud in rooms too small for everyone who longs to hear them. But persecution grows outside their doors, prejudice follows Persis everywhere she goes, and hidden truths about her own past begin to surface.
Holding to hope was simple when she believed He would return any day. Can she hold to it now?
She opened her home to the church. Now it is tearing itself apart inside her walls.
Chloe is a woman of wealth and influence in the prosperous city of Corinth, and she has opened her home to a flourishing community of believers. Within her walls, weary souls find solace in the teachings of Jesus.
But as the church grows, so do its divisions. One teacher is set against another. The wealthy eat before the poor arrive. Quarrels and scandal spread through the assembly, and no one will name them aloud. Corinth rewards ambition and punishes weakness, and the church has caught the sickness of the city.
Chloe could keep the peace by saying nothing. Instead, she sends word to Paul, and the letters that come back cut deeply, including into her own heart.
Can she bridge the chasm before it swallows everything she has helped to build?