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The Soldier Who Killed a King — Free Study Guide

08 Tuesday Jan 2019

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Introduction

biblical-fiction-award-2017_origWhat sets this book apart is perspective. We view the events of Passion Week—from Palm Sunday through to the resurrection—through the eyes of the Roman centurion, who at the foot of the cross made this startling confession, “Surely he was the Son of God!” See Matthew 27:54.

Many may view a work of biblical fiction as an inferior vehicle with which to look at these events. But in his ministry, Jesus regularly used stories to convey truth. Stories such as the Prodigal Son or the Good Samaritan are prime examples of this.

Award-winning author, David Kitz, has gone to great lengths to maintain biblical accuracy. This includes the direct integration of more than a hundred biblical quotes into the story text. The endnotes at the back of the book attest to this thorough integration. This study guide provides you with a complete chapter by chapter list of these references.

Study Guide Opportunities

Whether through an online study group, or a church or home-based study group, here is an opportunity to explore the biblical depth of this topic with a free 7 week study guide. This study is ideal during the Lent and Easter season, but the message of the cross and the resurrection is appropriate at any time of the year.

Study guide information is listed below. In regards to the study group experience, your feedback and comments are welcome.

For a free PDF of the study guide visit: https://www.davidkitz.ca/centurion.php/free study guide PDF

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The Soldier Who Killed a King—A Review By Dr. Darlene Witte-Townsend

30 Friday Nov 2018

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The Soldier Who Killed a King was voted the top book in the biblical fiction category for 2017 by the Christian book service, Interviews and Reviews. Having recently read this book, it’s not difficult to see why. It plays like a high-stakes movie in your mind.

Canadian author, David Kitz, closely examines the events occurring between Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and his resurrection a few days later. But we see all these events from a unique perspective—through the eyes of a Roman soldier.

This engaging, hard-hitting narrative is a distillation of Kitz’s study and prayer over a 50-year span, when as pastor, educator and Bible dramatist, he steeped himself in the wonder of this story. As a novelist, he reveals profound respect for the historical record through his characterization of Marcus Longinus, a Roman centurion who is unwillingly caught in the power struggles of the day. Furthermore, Kitz stays true to the scriptural account by integrating more than a hundred quotes from the Gospels into the story text.

Three corrupt men, Herod Antipas, “the Fox,” Pontius Pilate, “the Badger,” and Josephbiblical-fiction-award-2017_orig Caiaphas, “the Weasel” have an insatiable lust for money and power. They each attempt to use the political tumult of the time for their own gain. In contrast to the stench of their machinations, Kitz offers a deep sense of Jesus, the donkey-riding King, as the man in whom all of heaven is invested. Jesus emerges in the Roman world offering an entirely new way for humankind to be reborn.

Above all else, this is a story of personal redemption. Marcus, the Roman Centurion is like us, caught between worlds. Who is his king? Why?

The Son of God shows unlimited compassion through healing the sick and feeding the hungry, and his purity catches the attention of the masses in a drama that still shakes the world, one aching, open, humble heart at a time.

Do you need to rediscover the power of the cross? The Soldier Who Killed a King will take you there.

For more information regarding the author and his live dramatizations visit https://davidkitz.ca/centurion.php

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A Different Perspective on Christ’s Passion

15 Thursday Nov 2018

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Take a moment to view and hear a portion of this award-winning novel.

 

For more information on the book visit: https://davidkitz.ca/centurion.php

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More about THE SOLDIER WHO KILLED A KING

01 Thursday Nov 2018

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Soldier book“An awesome read: captivating, spellbinding, inspiring! Through the author’s masterful writing, the centurion stood out as a real and personable individual…The book also helped me visualize Jesus, my Savior, and his person and work for the forgiveness of my sins, for my daily walk, and for the eternal life he has in store for all who believe.”

Cliff Kentel, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Regina, Saskatchewan

“Story has a way of capturing our attention and enabling truth to move from head to heart. David Kitz creatively unpacks the events of Passion Week as seen through a Roman centurion’s eyes.  Through vivid word pictures, we see the whip-sliced back of our  Savior and hear the pounding of each nail that affixed him to the cross. We walk these lasts steps of Jesus’s earthly ministry, leading to his death, burial, and triumphant resurrection from the dead. Kitz Better helps us to do as the apostle John encourages: ‘See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1)

Dean Ridings, author of The Pray! Prayer Journal and communications director of Navigator Church Ministries

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A Taste of Hot Apple Cider

25 Thursday Oct 2018

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David Kitz has “Something to Crow About.” page 15

A Taste of Hot Apple Cider is a 148 page collection of 16 short stories from 15 writers.  The theme for these stories is words to encourage and inspire.

“Some books surprise you with their ability to take your breath away…The short selections make this a perfect book for even indifferent readers…Be sure to buy more than one, for you will probably have the urge to share this gem of a collection with others.”  Faith Today

“What a great book! (It) will give you a refreshing lift and a change of perspective, perhaps when you need it most.”  Ellen Vaughn, New York Times bestselling author

“This comforting and encouraging book should be in every home, library, church, and school.”  Pauline Christian, President, Black Business and Professional Association

For more information regarding the author, visit https://davidkitz.ca/

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PSALMS ALIVE! Endorsements

18 Thursday Oct 2018

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Psalms Alive! a 237 page devotional study by David Kitz

Endorsements

David writes with a dramatic and compelling flair, enticing us to meet with God and therein find life. His intent to let God’s Word speak through the psalms is accomplished with theological sensitivity to the sitz im leben and creative application to the context of our lives today. Well done, David! Psalms Alive! helped me inhabit the Word and know Him more.

Rev. Dr. Lawson Murray, President – Scripture Union Canada

“A timely call to stop our mad rush and encounter God in the stillness of prayer and Bible study. David Kitz paints pictures with words, taking lessons from Scripture and nature to offer us a three-dimensional, multi-sensory relationship with God.”

Robert L. Briggs, Executive Vice President, American Bible Society

“Psalms Alive!” is an excellent tool to help any reader engage with God’s Word (specifically 13 Psalms) and therefore engage with God. It is obvious that David Kitz has taken these Psalms into his life and by “listening in” to his thinking the reader can learn to do the same.”

Phil Collins, Ph.D., Executive Director, Taylor Center for Scripture Engagement, Taylor University, Upland, IN

For further information on the book, visit https://davidkitz.ca/psalms.php.

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For information on the live dramatization of the Psalms visit
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Little Froggy Sets Out

11 Thursday Oct 2018

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Not very far from here,
there is a little pond,
and in the pond,
there’s a little frog.

Now he’s really a little frog.
As a matter of fact
he has just become a frog.

He used to be a tadpole.

But now that he has legs,
He thinks it’s time to explore
the BIG WORLD.
So off he swam,
swish, swish, swish,
to talk to PAPA Bullfrog.

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The beginning of life in the pond — artwork by Mircea Gabor

PAPA Bullfrog sat on a big log
in the middle of the pond.

Swish, swish, plop!
Out hopped the little frog
on to the log.
Plop, plop, plop,
He hopped over to PAPA Bullfrog
And said,

To discover the next stage of Little Froggy’s adventure visit and click on the Little Froggy YouTube link found here. https://davidkitz.ca/froggy.php

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A STUNNING STORY OF HOLY WEEK THROUGH THE EYES OF A ROMAN CENTURION

04 Thursday Oct 2018

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See the triumphal entry of the donkey-riding king through the eyes of Marcus Longinus, the centurion charged with keeping the streets from erupting into open rebellion.

Go behind the scenes at the political plotting of King Herod, known as the scheming Fox for his ruthless shrewdness.

Witness the confrontation between the Jewish high priest Caiaphas and the Roman governor Pontius Pilate.

Understand as never before the horror of the decision to save a brutal terrorist in order to condemn the peaceful Jew to death.

If you’ve heard the story of Passion Week so often it’s become stale, now is the time to rediscover the terrible events leading from Jesus’s humble ride into the city to his crucifixion. The Soldier Who Killed a King will stun you afresh with how completely Christ’s resurrection changed history, one life at a time.

A readable and accurate novel about Jesus Christ’s last week on earth. Kitz portrayal of the collison between pagan Rome and temple Judiam is completely plausible.

Joe Woodard, Calgary Herald

Author Bio: David Kitz is a Bible dramatist and outreach minister with the Foursquare Church.

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For more information on the book visit: https://davidkitz.ca/centurion.php

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HOT APPLE CIDER WITH CINNAMON

27 Thursday Sep 2018

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Stories of Finding Love in Unexpected Places

These stories will amuse, encourage, and inspire you to reflect on ways you’ve beenHAC Cinnamon 1 shown love, and to consider how you might show more love in the future.

The men, women, and children in these stories experience love in ways they’d never have thought of, from people they might not normally have noticed, and in surprising places:

  • on the wrong side of the tracks in small-town Ontario
  • beside a wood burning stove in the Central African Republic
  • in the words of an old letter in a New Brunswick house
  • next to a burned-out Saskatchewan farmhouse
  • upon a deserted country road in British Columbia
  • adjacent to a chopped-down jackfruit tree in the Philippines
  • over a table in an empty Alberta restaurant
  • at a bus stop in a Quebec city
  • from the bombed-out ruins of a house in the Netherlands

In a world that seems consumed with busyness, these heartfelt stories will take you to a quiet place and remind you that simple acts of love can make a lifetime of difference.

“As we emerged into an open grassy area, Champ suddenly went ballistic.”

Author Bio: David Kitz is an award-winning author and a contributor of the short story entitled, CHAMP! on page 171 of Hot Apple Cider with Cinnamon.

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THE SOLDIER WHO KILLED A KING

20 Thursday Sep 2018

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Christ’s Passion Week…a familiar account? So you think you know this story? Think again. There are more twists in this plot than in the cruelest crowns of thorns. This author takes you on a fast-paced ride through Christ’s Passion Week-an eight-day ride you will never forget. Scheming Herod, the bloody Fox, has more than one trick up his sleeve. The high priest and the governor are at each other’s throats. Four kings, together in the holy city for one week, compete for one
throne. Now here’s a deadly competition.

Written from a soldier’s perspective, you see a familiar story in a whole new light. Here is the horror of the cross, up close and graphic. While remaining true to the scriptural account, the author weaves with startling realism a very human tale of intrigue and subterfuge. There is a more than a little passion here. Did we mention the terrorist connection? So, you think you know how this ends? Ha! Think again! Have you been to the foot of the cross lately? Come, if you dare.

Author bio:  For a number of years now, David Kitz has been telling the soldier’s view of these events in a one-man play entitled, “The Centurion’s Report.”
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For more information on the book visit: https://davidkitz.ca/centurion.php

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For more information on the dramatization visit: https://davidkitz.ca/centurion.php