Amon's Secret

A Family Story of the First Christians

Arnold Ytreeide

• Publisher: Kregel Publications
• eBook ISBN:
  9780825489624
• Year: 2023

Best-selling author of family-tailored Lent and Advent books is back with a new adventure
Adding to his widely popular Advent and Lent series, well-known author Arnold Ytreeide revisits the Jerusalem of Jesus in this captivating follow-up to Amon's Adventure. This time, Ytreeide takes families into the life of one of the founders of the church.
Thirteen-year-old Amon has just watched Jesus ascend into heaven. What will Christ's followers do now? In the midst of Amon's confusion, the apostle Peter hands him an assignment: invent a way for the new Christian church to communicate and meet in secret. It must not be noticed by the penetrating eyes of Jesus' enemies who are still looking for anyone who dared call him the Messiah.
Amon's task quickly turns dangerous. The Sanhedrin, led by Saul, begins hunting down believers in "The Way," even stoning some to death. Now Amon must walk a treacherous line between finishing the job he was given and working safely around those who would kill him if they knew his secret. Can he dodge cranky Romans and angry Pharisees and find a way for the new church to survive?
With short, action-filled chapters, reflections for family devotions, and a foundation of archaeological evidence, Amon's Secret is a fun and powerful way to connect to the church's beginnings.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Before the Story
• Chapter One: Celebration
• Chapter Two: Teachings
• Chapter Three: Stephen
• Chapter Four: Pentecost
• Chapter Five: Siloam
• Chapter Six: Signs & Wonders
• Chapter Seven: Arrested
• Chapter Eight: Sorrow
• Chapter Nine: Greeks
• Chapter Ten: Limestone
• Chapter Eleven: The Plan
• Chapter Twelve: Fear
• Chapter Thirteen: The Prince
• Chapter Fourteen: Swim Lessons
• Chapter Fifteen: The Clever One
• Chapter Sixteen: Romans
• Chapter Seventeen: The Lion
• Chapter Eighteen: Signs
• Chapter Nineteen: The Search
• Chapter Twenty: Discovery
• Chapter Twenty-One: Uri’s Place
• Chapter Twenty-Two: Raphu
• Chapter Twenty-Three: First Church
• Chapter Twenty-Four: Church
• Chapter Twenty-Five: The Hiding Place
• Chapter Twenty-Six: Betrayed
• Chapter Twenty-Seven: Strategy
• Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Road to Damascus
• Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Debate
• Chapter Thirty: Saul
• Chapter Thirty-One: New Beginnings
• Appendix: Read the Real Story