Product Description
This series of Bible stories, from a BBC TV animated series, aims to teach children about the story of Jesus and early Christianity in an accessible way. This story is about Justin, whose father is taken prisoner and made to work as a galley slave. Justin goes to his rescue.
From the Back Cover
The year is A.D. 64 . . . and in Rome, the church faces fierce persecution. Driven into hiding, Christians gather wherever it's safe. At secret meetings, they learn about Jesus of Nazareth. And their faith prospers, thanks to courageous leaders -- like Ben the Baker, who with his wife, Helena, and their "family" of young orphans, keeps the stories of Jesus alive in -- The Story Keepers. A secret search for Justin's father on a Roman slave ship leads to high sea adventure for Ben, Helena, and the children in Sink or Swim. Trapped aboard the galley when it leaves port, Ben and his group find themselves headed for battle against a rebel slave ship. It's Justin's chance to show one of the slave's the meaning of self-sacrifice -- and of do-or-die bravery -- when a clash with the rebels threatens to send the prisoners down with the ship. Your family will enjoy plenty of action and humor . . . plus three stories of Jesus, who heals a paralyzed man and tells the parables of the Pharisee and the sinner, and of the house built on rock and the house built on sand.