The Fisherman

by Larry Huntsperger

Book Overview

Few New Testament characters are as fascinating as Simon Barjona, the man called Peter-a reluctant disciple who changed the face of Christianity. For more than twenty-five years, author and pastor Larry Huntsperger has spent hundreds of hours studying New Testament documents in preparation for writing this fictional first-person account of the life of this enigmatic disciple. The result is a novel that faithfully follows Scripture while offering a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800758447
• ISBN13: 9780800758448
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

Don't pass this book up.

This book is for anyone from non-Christians to rock solid Christians. Join the wonder of discovering Jesus even if you think you know all about him.

The Fisherman

This was a very moving story. The author put me back to the time Jesus walked our earth. I always knew Peter was a man but did not realize how much he was like myself. With my own agenda on how Jesus should work in my life. Even when he shows me the way in no uncertain terms, my flesh does the oposite.I laughed, I cried, I walked next to my Master along with Peter. Larry seemed to let the Lord work through him in this book. He put his writing into a way I could relate to on a very personal level. The questions Peter asks are the same qustions I ask when I am being the most real with myself. Some books leave you hungry for more of the Fathers truth, this is certainly one of those books. Thanks Larry for making me hungry again. It's been awhile! A must read for those[like me] who have problems with understanding the men who walked with the Master. They really were men like you and I. Larry is my new favorite author.

Questions Needing Answers... Startling!

I started reading what I thought was a little "historical fiction" about Peter and the Master. About half-way through I realized I was reading about the Master and me- but it was still Peter's name on the page. How did author Larry Huntsperger do it? Why did I cry every time Jesus looked with love into the eyes of Peter? Why did I rejoice and tremble for every step Peter took toward understanding his Master better? Why was I able to experience the love of Christ like never before? Why, for the first time in my life, am I buying a bundle of books to pass out to my friends who want to walk closer to the Master? I feel like an author finally did justice to my impression of the biblical Jesus. This is an exceptional write by a master storyteller who is bound by passion to stay true to the Word!

Robert's Opinion

Larry has done a masterful job of telling The Greatest Story Ever Told in first person through the eyes and thoughts of The Fisherman. An historical novel written in a different way. Highly recommended for people who like historical novels and a must for all Christians.

He's got it!!

Sometimes I wince when someone asks me to read a novel based on a Biblical character. I winced when I was given this one. No more. You are going to love this book! Not only that, you are also going to read the Biblical accounts of Peter and the words of Peter in the Bible with fresh insight and depth. This is a case when a "sanctified imagination" has become a gift to Christians who love Peter and, even more, love the One he followed and worshiped.

Don't miss reading this one!!

I found this book to be very moving! It was a "tear jerker" for me! *~* I could hardly lay it down. This book made me feel like I was actually there and experiencing the emotions as well as the actual events Peter, the main character, was describing. This book made the gospels "come alive" for me. I liked the way the author's time line of all the gospel events gave the story a smooth flow and the epilogue at the end was extraordinary! I highly recommend this book to anyone who, for any reason at all, ever wished they could have lived during this time when Jesus actually lived and walked this earth with His disciples. It makes one feel like they were there. It makes you understand that the disciples were just ordinary folks like the rest of us.What an "eye-opener", A wonderful read!!!