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06-26-13 - The Gladiator

a_war_withinA Historical Fiction written by local Pastor, author, and Carleton University graduate Nathan D. Maki to help young people address the question: "Is God faithful even when bad things happen to good people?"  Click here for Care's interview with Nathan D. Maki, author of  "A War Within: The Gladiator" on this week's Youth Wednesday Bookmark, brought to you by Salem Storehouse

 

 

 

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"All the saints salute you, including those of Caesar's household."

Those words of the Apostle Paul, written to the Philippians, made me think. What an amazing dynamic, that while the Caesars were trying to stomp out the Christians God had His people right within Caesar's palace, right under his nose. Isn't that just the way God works?

The protagonist of A War Within: The Gladiator is 17-year-old Antonius, whose father Titus is Emperor Commodus' steward but also secretly leads a small church group. When the Emperor sends Antonius to carry a message to the Praetorians Titus learns that it is an arrest warrant for his church, including his wife and daughter. Antonius races to warn them, but arrives too late, and the resulting tragedy leaves him bitter and angry toward God and vowing vengeance on the Emperor. The brutal gladiator master Scipio plans to mold this angry young man into a gladiator, leaving Antonius warring within. Will he forsake his faith and fight or will he refuse? If God is truly faithful how could this happen? And how could God demand that he forgive?

A War Within: The Gladiator and it's sequel, A War Within: The Legionnaire have been four years in the making (book 2 releases in August 2013). Book one, The Gladiator, was published by Word Aflame Press in October, 2012. Book two is in the editing and design process right now.


About the Author

I live in Prescott, Ontario, with my beautiful wife Rachel, my rambunctious three-year-old son Xander, and our two fun-loving but very lazy pugs Pandora and Portia. I graduated with Highest Honors from Ottawa's Carleton University with a double major in Journalism and History. Writing has always been one of my passions and I write in my sparse spare time when not doing pastoral work or managing and operating my own business. I like to say I pastor a church to touch souls, write books to touch hearts, and mow lawns, well, to keep food on the table.

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