{"product_id":"st-nicholas-of-myra-saint-wonderworker-and-santa-claus-9798196312328","title":"St Nicholas of Myra: Saint, Wonderworker, and Santa Claus","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joseph Everly\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sermons - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou don't know him.\u003cbr\u003eYou think he's a jolly old elf who lives at the North Pole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou think he checks lists and slides down chimneys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou think he's harmless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe isn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Real Saint Nicholas rips the red suit off the legend and shows you the man underneath: a battle-scarred bishop with a broken jaw, an iron ring grown into his bone, and a tomb that has wept myrrh for 1,700 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was born to wealth and walked away from it. He spent eight years in a Roman prison for refusing to deny Christ. He slapped a heretic in front of the Emperor Constantine and was stripped of his office that same night - only to have Christ and His Mother restore him in a cell, placing the bishop's pallium back on his shoulders with their own hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe fed a starving city with grain that was in two places at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe threw himself before an executioner's sword and dared a corrupt governor to kill him first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe walked into an inn, smelled death beneath the salt, and called three murdered boys out of a barrel by name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe died. The miracles didn't stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven centuries later, sailors broke into his tomb and stole his bones. The East wept. The West rejoiced. Then the world tried to bury him a second time - under Coca-Cola ads, department store Santas, and flying reindeer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt didn't work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the real Nicholas is still here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's in the pawnbroker's sign. In the sailor's prayer when the mast snaps. In the father who goes hungry so his daughter can eat. In every secret gift given without credit. In every person who chooses to stand between the sword and the innocent and say, kill me first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a fairy tale. This is the story of the most dangerous bishop who ever lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Myra to every chimney. From a prison cell to every port on earth. From a tomb that weeps to a world that forgot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey buried him twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe got up twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd he's still running.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of: The Case for Christ, Killing Jesus, Unbroken, and anyone who wants to know what happens when a real saint meets a real world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecember 6th. The myrrh is still flowing. The story is still true.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892814430359,"sku":"9798196312328","price":1085.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196312328.webp?v=1781189162","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/st-nicholas-of-myra-saint-wonderworker-and-santa-claus-9798196312328","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}