A scholar of the New Testament Church and a forerunner of modern Church renewal, Frank Viola casts his gaze back at the birth pangs of first century Christianity in The Untold Story of the New Testament Church. Using a 'you-are-there' approach, this epic volume gives readers a first-hand account of how the witness of Christ's testimony impacted the world. In the era right after the Day of Pentecost, the power of Holy Spirit prompted a massive harvest of souls yet a great persecution surged against those preaching Good News to the lost. Now, get up-close with apostles Paul, Peter and John and learn of their personal struggles to fight for the faith amidst a backdrop of in-house strife and foreign tyranny.
Download and start listening now!
“In The Untold Story of the New Testament Church, Frank Viola has produced a useful and engaging account of the New Testament Church, helpfully setting people and events within their first-century cultural context. While not everyone will agree with every detail of the author’s reconstruction or theological interpretation, for any such retelling unavoidably involves some interpretation, still this account helps contemporary believers more fully appreciate the remarkable dynamism of our earliest Christian forebears.”
— Howard A. Snyder, New Testament scholar and professor, Asbury Seminary and Tyndale Seminary
“This volume has provided much needed information that is now in one place for the first time! Read it as I did with a highlighter pen in hand!”
— Ralph W. Neighbour, Jr., author of Where Shall We Go from Here?Frank Viola is a bestselling author and popular conference speaker. He writes and speaks on the uniqueness, beauty, and supremacy of Jesus Christ, the deeper Christian life, and the changing shape of Christianity today. His blog, Beyond Evangelical, is one of the most popular Christian blogs today. He has written for or contributed interviews to many popular publications, including Time, Christianity Today, Charisma, Ministry Today, Relevant, and CBN.
Michael Kramer is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration, and recipient of a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award. He is also an actor and director in the Washington, DC, area, where he is active in the area’s theater scene and has appeared in productions at the Shakespeare Theatre, the Kennedy Center, and Theater J.