Kindred’s Kaleidoscope: The Search for the Twelve Apostles

Occasionally I find a Used Book Establishment and to enter is like the taste of a rare wine!  On such a rare find, I happened to browse and eventually find a paperback book that was not heavily used and maybe it was the cover view that caught my eye.  The cover had the faces of twelve men and what was left of a ruined structure with Roman designed pillars.  The title simply said, THE SEARCH FOR THE TWELVE APOSTLES that contained the following: The thrilling  account of how a Bible scholar discovered what finally became of the original disciples of Jesus!  The author being none other than William Steuart McBirnie,  Ph.D. was a world reknown religious scholar.

In what might be called a stimulating detective story, the author followed clues of almost 2000 years the story of the original evangelists, not the relics of the age, but the very real life tale of the men who knew the Savior, heard the God breathed lessons of the Word, and courageously carried the message to the far reaches of the Roman world.

The author, by traveling in the footsteps they once knew, by the Scriptures and biblical history, deep research and listening to local tradition, he has performed a miraculous account of their lives, their dedication, zeal, humanity, and where we today can marvel at their travels, evangelistic strategy and triumphant faith that covered the known world.  They touched the lives of countless souls that made such exhaustive research possible and rewarding.