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Since they were five years old, Jasmine Cox Larson Bush and Kyla Blake had a bond that could not be broken. They shared secrets, marked milestones, and held each other up through life's adversities. It was a friendship they both thought would last forever. But when Jasmine's jealousy led her to seduce Kyla's husband, Dr. Jefferson Blake, that bond was severed, and their friendship was damaged forever.... Now, 20 years later, a major tragedy brings the two together when Jefferson, in New York for a medical convention, is shot in an attempted robbery.

As our hero continues his off-the-record visits with Jesus Christ, his best friend draws him onto the wrong side of a moral and political issue. Amidst the drama and chaos, he learns two powerful truths: His identity is not in what he does for a living. His identity is not in what people think of him. Despite it all, amidst victories and catastrophic failures, he learns his identity, now and forever, is as God's “deeply loved son.” Join Will Thomas as, with a touch of humor, he continues stumbling his way toward holiness and understanding God's deep desire for intimate friendship.

Considerată capodopera lui Nikos Kazantzakis, maestru al prozei moderne şi una dintre cele mai neobosite conştiinţe ale timpului său, Ultima ispită a lui Hristos propune o monumentală reinterpretare ficţională a Evangheliilor. Romanul a fost ecranizat în 1988 de Martin Scorsese, avându-i în rolurile principale pe Willem Dafoe şi Harvey Keitel. Asemenea cărţii, pelicula a suscitat la rândul ei numeroase polemici.