The entire book spans the day of a paranoid and sensitive man who claims to himself that he is guilty of some "horrendous act of evil." As we follow this man we become acquainted with his attitudes (despair, guilt, nihilism, idealism, individualism). The constructed distinction between Roman attitudes and Christian attitudes is decisive in this book. The book's title Malchus refers to the servant of the Jewish High Priest Caiaphas who participated in the arrest of Jesus yet later converted to Christianity. What will follow from this "re-birth," in a time where there is no absolute right or wrong, no morality or immorality? What ensues as true crime in a world full of police sirens? Malchus is explored through the first-person style of traditional confessional writing. Malchus, historically the first Roman to convert to Christianity, and the last to receive physical healing from Christ before his crucifixion, is born again in the 21st century. Now in its third printing, and selling strong, this devotional and gift book, serves as a companion to book 2: Called to be Light in the Workplace. Matthew 5:13-16 serves as biblical study and, in essence, the biblical thought for the day relative to the significance of the word "light." Discover the purpose drive life and rediscovering the kingdom of God are keys to this best-selling devotional and gift book. The biblical message, biblical preaching, and biblical teaching in this devotional/gift book come from Old Testament and New Testament Scriptures. Light is described as an element that represents: -Radiance (Matthew 7:12) -Spiritual awareness and right living (1 John 1:7) -A characteristic of God (Psalm 27:1) -The opposite of darkness (Genesis 1:3-4) -Illuminates (Matthew 6:22) -Leads the way (Micah 7:8), and -The Glory of God (1 Timothy 6:16). It is a word that is used throughout The Holy Bible 264 times! It is characterized as an element that: Illuminates, Shines, Exposes and expels darkness, Projects and extends brightness, Causes one to see, Radiates, and Reveals. Light defines the very essence of the children of God.
Through our light, we make God visible to all men and demonstrate that His love transcends all that is wrong with this world. God is the source of this light as the sun is the other.
Jesus Christ is the light of the world (John 1:9) and the 'children of light' is a term for true disciple (Luke 16:8 and Ephesians 1:8).
It is the intellectual, moral, and spiritual element by which we may see (Matthew 6:23). Light (phos) means "to give light." It is that which enables us to see (able to clearly distinguish between right and wrong).
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