Saint Nicholas
A Biography of the Man Behind the Christmas Legend
Reeks: Christian Encounters Series
Joe L. Wheeler
- You
- know
- him
- as
- the
- rotund
- merry-maker
- in
- the
- red
- suit.
- But
- set
- aside
- the
- childhood
- myth.
- In
- this
- portrait,
- you’ll
- encounter
- the
- true
- St.
- Nicholas,
- a
- figure
- revered
- for
- his
- astonishing
- miracles
- and
- a
- humility
- that
- redirected
- all
- attention
- to
- God’s
- glory.
- You’ll
- be
- amazed
- to
- find
- St.
- Nicholas
- always
- turning
- up
- at
- just
- the
- right
- time—rescuing
- sailors
- from
- the
- certain
- death
- of
- a
- violent
- sea,
- saving
- three
- young
- women
- from
- a
- life
- of
- prostitution,
- and
- guarding
- an
- infant
- from
- the
- burns
- of
- a
- boiling
- bath.A
- tireless
- defender
- of
- God’s
- truth
- and
- His
- people,
- St.
- Nicholas’s
- wonderful
- and
- mysterious
- deeds
- illustrate,
- time
- and
- again,
- a
- heart
- for
- the
- weak,
- the
- poor,
- and
- the
- endangered—truly
- “the
- patron
- saint
- of
- practically
- everybody”
- and
- one
- of
- the
- most
- fascinating
- figures
- in
- all
- of
- Christian
- history.We
- learn
- about
- life
- through
- the
- lives
- of
- others.
- Their
- experiences,
- their
- trials,
- their
- adventures
- become
- our
- schools,
- our
- chapels,
- our
- playgrounds.
- Christian
- Encounters,
- a
- series
- of
- biographies
- from
- Thomas
- Nelson
- Publishers,
- highlights
- important
- lives
- from
- all
- ages
- and
- areas
- of
- the
- Church
- through
- prose
- as
- accessible
- and
- concise
- as
- it
- is
- personal
- and
- engaging.
- Some
- are
- familiar
- faces.
- Others
- are
- unexpected
- guests.
- Whether
- the
- person
- is
- D.L.
- Moody,
- Sergeant
- York,
- Saint
- Nicholas,
- John
- Bunyan,
- or
- William
- F.
- Buckley,
- we
- are
- now
- living
- in
- the
- world
- that
- they
- created
- and
- understand
- both
- it
- and
- ourselves
- better
- in
- the
- light
- of
- their
- lives.
- Their
- relationships,
- struggles,
- prayers,
- and
- desires
- uniquely
- illuminate
- our
- shared experience.
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