A doubter becomes a believer in this historical novel grounded in the gospels.Joseph and Elisa, two young Jews trained in the healing arts, set up practice in Capernaum. One day they hear of a
new healer in town -- a Nazarene called Jesus. He has no medical training, but cures with words and the touch of a hand. Joseph eagerly shares news of these miracles in letters to his friend
Luke of Antioch, a physician he trained with in Athens. Elisa becomes a follower of Jesus but Joseph struggles with doubts. Could this man who eats and drinks with them be the long-awaited
Messiah? Could God be the source of his healing power? Joseph's letters to Luke reflect a man of science who slowly becomes a man of faith. As Passover nears, he and Elisa join Jesus and his
company on their fateful journey to Jerusalem. They bear expert witness to his physical sufferings and death on the cross. But Joseph's doubts resurface and he falls into a guilt-racked
depression. Elisa's faith, however, is strong enough to sustain them both until, three days later, he sees the risen Jesus for himself. Returning to Capernaum, Joseph and Elisa form a group of
Followers of the Way of Jesus, newly committed to loving their enemies. That principle is soon tested when Saul of Tarsus charges into Capernaum on his way to Damascus, a company of soldiers at
his command. Their horses stampede, many of Saul's men are seriously injured, and the two young doctors hold in their hands the lives of the people they most fear. Healing and housing the
wounded soldiers is the first communal act of love by Followers of the Way, whose fledgling house-church grows as word spreads of their compassion.
