READER COMMENTS
"How would your life have changed had Jesus placed his hand on
your brow and healed you of your worst affliction? John Koehler’s
new book, Benjamin, The Road to Capernaum, is a fascinating tale of just
such a miracle. Benjamin’s life was drastically changed from the
moment he was “Christ touched,” to his dramatic struggles
against the brutal forces of Rome, with all of her prejudices and might
hostile to the fledgling Christian religion."
Charles
Randolph Bruce
Coauthor, Rebel King Series of Novels
“What a delightful and touching read. You take a fleeting moment
in time and history, and weave a personal and human angle to what must
have truly been an 'extraordinary time' in which to live!
Thanks for a wonderful story.”
Ren Fortier
“As one who has had the privilege of serving wonderful miracles of God more commonly referred to as kids with special needs, I heartily recommend this wonderful story to you. What John has done is give a name to a nameless character in scripture. Names are so important and were even more so in Jesus’ time. The many women in the Gospel stories along with persons with disabilities were not named. Then like now they were outcasts. But not to Jesus who knows their names.
Thanks to John through this wonderful work so do we. Perhaps another miracle will happen through this book. Perhaps it will move you and me to find out the name of a person with a disability traveling the road to Capernaum where we live.”
Nick Palermo
National Director, Young Life Capernaum Ministries
“I always know when I am reading a good book because I don’t want it to end! Benjamin is someone you laugh with and cry with but most of all just want to be with. The author has made him believable and vulnerable. This is the bittersweet story of the life of a cripple before and after he was healed by a man named Jesus. The historical detail and daily life of 2,000 years ago is fascinating and at times shocking. You will enjoy your trip on the road to Capernaum and Benjamin will be difficult to forget.”
Kathy Steele
“This is a wonderful story that flies along at high speed. Koehler intersects major biblical figures and interesting fictional characters in convincing conflicts that illuminate how people from all parts of the social order joined the inexorable march to the cross. It is a rich, clever imagination of the lives of people who must have been perplexed and frequently put out while hanging with the Son of Man.”
Chip Fortier
(the other brother)
Read the book? Have feedback for us? Please email your comments to john@koehlerstudios.com