{"product_id":"narratives-of-personal-encounters-meeting-jesus-by-ric-keaster","title":"Narratives of Personal Encounters: Meeting Jesus by Ric Keaster","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat were they thinking?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScripture tells us what these people did. It rarely tells us what was going on inside them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat did Joseph feel when Mary told him she was pregnant? What did Pontius Pilate think as he reached for the water basin? What did Mary Magdalene believe she was seeing that first morning at the empty tomb?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eNarratives of Personal Encounters: Meeting Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e, Ric Keaster steps into the sandals of fourteen people who crossed paths with the Son of God — and lets each of them tell their own story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeet the Witnesses\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph\u003c\/strong\u003e, husband of Mary, watching his world end and begin again in a single dream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eZacharias\u003c\/strong\u003e, struck silent at the altar of incense\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNicodemus\u003c\/strong\u003e, the night-time visitor wrestling with being \"born again\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSimon the Pharisee\u003c\/strong\u003e, squirming at his own table as a woman with a bad reputation washes his guest's feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eZaccheus\u003c\/strong\u003e, climbing down out of a sycamore tree to host the Christ for dinner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Rich Young Ruler\u003c\/strong\u003e, walking away grieved at what eternal life would cost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Samaritan Woman at the Well\u003c\/strong\u003e, meeting the Messiah at high noon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJairus\u003c\/strong\u003e, watching his daughter die — and then rise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePontius Pilate\u003c\/strong\u003e, washing his hands of an innocent Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarabbas\u003c\/strong\u003e, the guilty one set free in place of the Innocent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSimon of Cyrene\u003c\/strong\u003e, pressed into service to carry a stranger's cross\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMary Magdalene\u003c\/strong\u003e, the first to see the empty tomb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGamaliel\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Pharisee whose voice of reason kept the apostles alive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMatthias\u003c\/strong\u003e, the substitute apostle chosen after Judas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAnchored in Scripture\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeaster invents no new characters, no new events, no new dialogue. Every story is anchored in the biblical text. What he adds is a careful, prayerful imagining of the inner life — the fear, the pride, the slow-dawning realization — that the Gospel writers leave unspoken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a book that doesn't replace Scripture but draws us deeper into it, helping us meet these familiar names as flesh-and-blood people very much like ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever read the Gospel accounts a hundred times and still wondered what those people were actually feeling, this book is written for you. It's a fit for personal devotional reading, small-group study, Sunday school classes, and anyone who loves the New Testament and wants to draw closer to its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou may have read these accounts a hundred times. You're about to meet the people in them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRic Keaster writes from a deep love of the New Testament and a long habit of placing himself inside its pages. \u003cem\u003eNarratives of Personal Encounters: Meeting Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e is the first in a planned series of imaginative yet grounded retellings; a companion volume, \u003cem\u003eNarratives of Fellow Laborers\u003c\/em\u003e, continues the journey beyond the Gospels into the early church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFormat \u0026amp; Specs\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, 6 × 9 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSixteen chapters, including introduction and summary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 978-1-964-80582-5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished by Spiritbuilding Publishers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- notionvc: 91d91c90-3f8c-42bd-9cce-3f7535e91f43 --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spiritbuilding Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Workbook","offer_id":48964170645754,"sku":"SPL009","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook (PDF) Individual Use","offer_id":48945338974458,"sku":"SPL009-PDFI","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook (PDF) Class Use","offer_id":48945339007226,"sku":"SPL009-PDFC","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0287\/5683\/6484\/files\/FrontCover_45995bf7-713b-42a3-a9e6-baf7c23f781d.png?v=1780083450","url":"https:\/\/spiritbuilding.com\/products\/narratives-of-personal-encounters-meeting-jesus-by-ric-keaster","provider":"Spiritbuilding Publishers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}