Bestselling Author Frank Viola Offers Jesus Now: Unveiling The Present-Day Ministry Of Christ May 1

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - March 12, 2014 - PRLog -- Bestselling author and popular speaker Frank Viola releases his 16^th book, Jesus Now: Unveiling the Present-Day Ministry of Christ, May 1 from David C. Cook. In the book, Viola explores the impact of Jesus’ ministry throughout time, the way it has changed and how it continues to penetrate the world today. With cultural relevance and biblical insight, Jesus Now invites readers to see the impact of God’s presence.

Most readers know that Jesus lived out His teachings during His ministry on earth, preaching the Gospel, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, training disciples and giving new life to everyone He encountered.  But this was just the beginning. Igniting a fuse throughout history, Christ’s dynamic power continues to transform lives. With historical accuracy, Viola reveals in Jesus Now both the constancy of God’s timeless presence among people, as well as the way their experience of it has changed.

Offering what may be the first comprehensive treatment of what Jesus has been doing since His ascension, Viola explores several aspects of Christ's ministry today and shows how each one benefits readers in an easy-to-read format. The 192-page book extends Viola’s conversation started in Jesus: A Theography, co-authored with Leonard Sweet, and offers readers a rare glimpse of grace, illuminating the incarnation in new and exciting ways.

“To my knowledge, few books have been dedicated to exploring the present-day ministry of Jesus Christ,” says Viola.  “By ‘present-day ministry,’ I refer to what Jesus has been doing from His ascension until His second coming. Therein lies the goal of this book...And it seeks to answer the question, ‘What is Jesus Christ doing right now and how does His present-day ministry affect me personally?’”

"Frank Viola is a master at the discipline of historical context, and Jesus Now is a masterpiece that shows us how to ‘Christify’ our story—to move from an unscripted spirituality to a scripturally scripted identity,” says Sweet, E. Stanley Jones Chair in Evangelism, Drew University, and Distinguished Visiting Professor, George Fox University.

About Frank Viola:
Frank Viola has helped thousands of people around the world to deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ and enter into a more vibrant and authentic experience of church. He has written many books on these themes, including God’s Favorite Place On Earth, From Eternity to Here, Revise Us Again, Reimagining Church, Finding Organic Church, Jesus: A Theography and Jesus Manifesto. Viola has also written articles for or has been interviewed by TIME, Christianity Today, Charisma, LIFE Today, CBN, Relevant, The Christian Post, Outreach Magazine and many others, while his own blog, Beyond Evangelical is rated as one of the top 10 most popular religious blogs today. More information about Viola can be found on his blog at frankviola.org.

About David C Cook:
David C Cook is a leading nonprofit resource provider serving the global Church with life-transforming, Christ-centered materials. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with offices in Illinois, Canada and the United Kingdom, David C Cook’s resources are published in over 150 languages and distributed in more than 160 countries. Originally founded in 1875 as a curriculum publisher, today David C Cook publishes numerous bestselling fiction and non-fiction books from a variety of award-winning authors. It is also a leading provider of worship music through its Integrity Music label, which produces over one-third of the top 100 praise and worship songs sung around the world. Additional information can be found at www.davidccook.com.