What If It’s True?: A Novel About Jesus Coming of Age

By Bob Libby

This is a Christian novel about the early years of Jesus’s life. It is not a book for beginners. It is for those of us who have heard the story many times and consider it a beautiful story but wonder now and then if it really did happen. If Jesus was, in fact, “the Word made flesh,” did he grow up like other boys?

 

Using the biblical accounts and reliable archeological discoveries, Bob Libby tells a creditable story of a young Jewish boy growing into the reality of what God had created him to do and to be.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Oct 23, 2018
• ISBN: 9781973642541

Bob Libby

BOB LIBBY is an Episcopal priest with a dual ministry as pastor and communicator. He is a published author, a TV panelist,and a frequent contributor to religious publications in the US and UK. As pastor he served St. Christopher's by-the-Sea on Key Biscayne and most recently as interim dean of Trinity Cathedral, Miami, Florida. Earlier he was the national director of radio and TV for the Episcopal Church. In retirement he is a speaker for Food For The Poor and a holiday chaplain on cruise ships, including the QE2.

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