A Brother Born for Adversity

JAMES, THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF JESUS, HAS BEEN CALLED TO BE THE UNDERSHEPHERD OF THE FLEDGING CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN JERUSALEM. COULD HE OR THE CHURCH RIDDLED WITH CONFLICT AND DISUNITY WITHIN SURVIVE YET ANOTHER PERSECUTION FROM WITHOUT? Festus was dead, and Albinue, the new Roman procurator, was yet to arrive in Jerusalem. The Zealot leader, John of Gischala, was emboldened at the prospect of fulfilling his destiny of driving the hated Romans from the promised land. Ananus, the high priest, could