Were You There : Find Yourself with Jesus

by Wilson, Neil S.

• ISBN13: 9781591452119
• ISBN10: 1591452112
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

When you open your Bible, do you step into the pages and feel at home? Do you understand what you are reading? Do you easily get past the unfamiliar garb, exotic settings, and strange tongues to meet the real people in the pages of Scripture? For most of us, the answer is no. But this one-of-a-kind book will make immersing yourself in the life and times of the Savior a natural step when you turn to God's Word. The paintings of Ron DiCianni have always placed the viewer inside the picture. But here for the first time, his art-including 10 new works commissioned just for this project - is combined with the first-person stories of author Neil Wilson to bring biblical times to the "here and now" of your life. In this amazing volume, DiCianni and Wilson combine paintbrush and pen to help you find yourself in the Bible. Based on 30 passages from the life and teachings of Jesus, Were You There? will creatively guide your imagination into aspects of the biblical accounts you may never have considered before. The paintings and stories will transport you into the text and translate the text into your life, taking you to new depths of understanding about the world Jesus lived in - and the one you inhabit now. Were you there? Open this book, and suddenly you will be. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Ron DiCianni has been an illustrator for nearly 30 years for clients such as ABC, the Chicago Bulls, the Smithsonian, McDonald's and the United States Olympic Committee. He founded the MasterPeace Collection with DaySpring and currently heads Art2See Neil Wilson of The Livingstone Corporation is a pastor and a prolific writer

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Gabriel's Message	1	(6)
The Nativity	7	(6)
Heaven's Loss	13	(6)
The Shepherds' Visit	19	(6)
Simcon's Moment	25	(6)
The Forerunner	31	(6)
Temptation of Jesus	37	(6)
The Leper	43	(6)
The Truth	49	(6)
The Sinner	55	(6)
The Sower	61	(6)
The Touch	67	(6)
The Storm	73	(6)
Mercy	79	(6)
Bartimacus	85	(6)
The Prodigal	91	(6)
Poor Widow's Offering	97	(6)
The Servant	103	(6)
Jesus' Prayer	109	(6)
Jesus in the Garden	115	(6)
Peter Denies Jesus	121	(6)
Christ Before Pilate	127	(6)
The Cross	133	(6)
Resurrection Morn	139	(6)
Forgiven	145	(6)
He Holds the Keys	151	(6)
The Messenger	157	(6)
Heaven's Door	163	(6)
Safely Home	169	(6)
Revelation 4	175	(6)
Biographies	181