Nashville, TN (February 25, 2021)
Christian fiction historical suspense author, M.D. House, announces the release of the sequel to last year’s novel, I Was Called Barabbas, with the upcoming March 2021 release of Pillars of Barabbas.
Christians around the world are looking ahead to the upcoming Lenten season and the celebration of Easter. It’s a time of reflection and spiritual preparation. What better story to contemplate than the lives of the early church leaders, whose sacrifices can help bring the duties God expects of all Christians into focus?
In I Was Called Barabbas, M.D. House imagined the life Barabbas went on to live after being spared his sentence of death in exchange for Jesus Christ. He showed that Barabbas, like all of us, sought a path of personal redemption, imperfectly.
Now, House continues the story of Barabbas’ life in the sequel, Pillars of Barabbas, which follows Barabbas after he accepted Christ and joined himself to the body of the church.
The new novel brings the lives of many of the first saints into vivid detail, including the apostles Paul, Peter and Luke, as Barabbas works with them to spread the Gospel throughout the world.
About the novel, House says, “[The early church leaders] were real people, facing real challenges with which each of us can identify. Their spirits rejoiced when the great atoning sacrifice of the Savior was announced and explained to them, and yet the temptations of mortality continued to challenge them. Satan continuously tried to beat them down and convince them it wasn’t worth getting back up and trying to be the kind of person Christ had shown them they could become. In their basic essence, our experiences are exactly the same.”
After completing historical research into the Roman Empire, House crafted a novel that works to give readers a sense of the world the early saints inhabited as they made their way through Rome and interacted with historical figures like Emperor Nero. As in the first book, several notable historical figures and events are woven into Barabbas’ story, such as Publius, Cornelius, and the Great Fire of Rome.
Pillars of Barabbas
Barabbas Series #2
M.D. House
(Independent)
Release Date: March 2021