The Abiding Companion: A Friendly Guide For Your Journey Through The New Testament - Paperback

by Michael B. McElroy (Author)

The Abiding Companion offers friendly insight and personal application with an essay written for each of the New Testament's 260 chapters. That's almost nine months of daily reading (or a year's worth of Monday through Friday sessions) if you read a Bible chapter and its corresponding essay each day. Here you'll find an imaginative "exclusive interview" with the apostle Paul, and a letter from a Roman soldier who guarded him. There's a page from Simon Peter's diary, and the testimony of a man who experienced Peter's hostile aggression and Jesus' healing compassion in the same dark evening. You'll hear a life-saving warning from a rain-soaked stranger, and learn a simple but effective three-step plan for dealing with difficult people. And that's only six days; there are 254 more daily essays in this book. Some of them will make you smile, and others will call you to search your heart. The messages are centered in Jesus Christ and his cross, and celebrate God's saving, strengthening, sustaining grace. Veteran Bible teacher and preacher Michael B. McElroy is your companion for this journey through the New Testament. He offers gentle guidance and encouragement as you abide in the Word of God each day.

Author Biography

Michael B. McElroy is amazed that God's grace has enabled him to enjoy a career of studying, preaching and teaching the Bible for more than 30 years. Mike enjoys being Suzanne's husband, Dad to his grown-up kids Heather, Amy and Mac, and Poppa to his grandson Graham. His favorite things include good books, good coffee and the solitude of early morning walks on the beach. (He savors at least two of those three every day.) The Abiding Companion is his first full-length book.