Biblia.com

Saints and Scoundrels in the Story of Jesus

NANCY GUTHRIE

wheaton, illinois

Saints and Scoundrels in the Story of Jesus

Published by Crossway

1300 Crescent Street

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided for by USA copyright law. Crossway® is a registered trademark in the United States of America.

Cover design: Crystal Courtney

First printing 2020

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible.

All emphases in Scripture quotations have been added by the author.

Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-4335-6609-7

ePub ISBN: 978-1-4335-6612-7

PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-6610-3

Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-6611-0

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Guthrie, Nancy, author.

Title: Saints and scoundrels in the story of Jesus / Nancy Guthrie.

Description: Wheaton: Crossway, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: LCSH: Jesus Christ–Friends and associates.

Classification: LCC BS2430 .G88 2019 (print) | LCC BS2430 (ebook) | DDC 232.9–dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019025866

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019025867

Crossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

This book is affectionately dedicated to the women of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee. Some Sundays I look around the room, and I’m moved to tears by the great gift I’ve been given of godly women to walk with through this life of faith. Each week we come together to confess our scoundrel ways and are assured of forgiveness. We partake of a feast of God’s word and the feast of the bread and the cup, and we head out into the world as “those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor. 1:2).

CONTENTS

Group Discussion Guide

Bibliography

General Index

Scripture Index

Content not shown in limited preview…

About Saints and Scoundrels in the Story of Jesus

The story of Jesus includes all kinds of characters. Some see these people as mere examples to follow or to avoid, and some have only heard about them in Sunday school stories. But their interactions with Jesus reveal much more about the person of Jesus himself and the message he has for us. Saints and Scoundrels in the Story of Jesus tells the story of 10 people or groups of people who are integral to the story of Jesus told in the Gospels. Each chapter takes a character off the Sunday school felt board and reveals them as a three-dimensional person with desires, motivations, flaws, and limitations. They are more than examples—they show us a unique angle on the grace available through Jesus for sinners. Each chapter also offers challenging applications to the lives of readers.

Support Info

sntsscndrlssjss

Table of Contents