About The Timeless Apostle:
Twenty-year-old college dropout Tommy Evans has succeeded in only one thing: making a flat-out mess of his life. He has no degree, no job, no faith, and no hope. And to make matters worse, he’s decided to move back home. He should have known better. His insufferably religious parents still cling to their superstitious beliefs in an imaginary God revered in a nonsensical ancient book.
Intent on moving on, Tommy falls asleep, dreaming of changing his life. He is unaware of just how big a change the imaginary God he doesn’t believe in has in store for him. The following morning, Tommy discovers he’s been transported back in time and now occupies the body of Thomas the Apostle. After coming to grips with his new reality and choosing to keep his identity a secret, THE TIMELESS APOSTLE follows Tommy’s journey as he transitions from atheist to apostle. But why him, and why is he there? To change something or make sure events follow the biblical storyline? And what if he makes the wrong choice? Encounters with Joanna, Mary Magdalene, Judas Iscariot, Becky, his girlfriend from back home, and, of course, Jesus and the other apostles tell the tale.
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Author Bio:
After receiving the highest grade in my eighth-grade creative writing class, I set writing aside for nearly fifty years in pursuit of other interests. My saxophone and involvement in the high school marching band were traded in for an electric guitar and rock and roll. The guitar surrendered to an M-16 when I enlisted in the US Army in 1968, and the M-16 gave way to the Bible when my wife Randi and I committed ourselves to Jesus Christ while I served as a Military Policeman in Berchtesgaden, Germany. After we returned home in 1971, we found that the traditional protestant churches were unwelcoming to two converted hippies who believed first-century Christianity could be restored in the present time. Undeterred, we planted our first church in 1972 in Avon Lake, Ohio, and spent the next forty-five years in Christian ministry, where I served as pastor and worship leader.
In 2012, I returned to writing and co-authored the first two books of the EDEN QUEST series with fellow minister, Bob Mertes. Bob died of Covid 19 on Nov. 20, 2020. Unable to complete the Eden Quest series at that time, I turned my attention to THE TIMELESS APOSTLE, a tine-travel novel set in 1st century Galilee where 21st century agnostic, Tommy Evans travels back in time to occupy the body of Thomas the Apostle.