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Luke and Me
After completing three articles on Luke inspired by reading Taylor Caldwell’s “Dear and Glorious Physician” historical novel about Luke, I turn now to sharing decades of memories with regard to the author of a Gospel and the Book of Acts.
I think I first read Luke and Acts during my sophomore year of High [...]

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Luke: A Man for All Nations
On page 525 of Taylor Caldwell’s historical novel about Luke, the author has Luke meeting with the brothers Zebedee James and John. At one point John says, “‘It is commanded of us that we must bring the tidings to all the nations of the world.’”
Luke replies, “‘I am [...]

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Luke the Author
On page 520 of her historical novel Dear and Glorious Physician, Taylor Caldwell writes the following about Luke and his Gospel, “He put nothing in it of his own opinions, but only the information which had been imparted to him.” On one level that opinion is true.
On another level, however, I believe [...]

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Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a series on “The Dear and Glorious Physician” - Luke. The image is an icon of St. Luke.
(c) 2008 Phil Corr, Ph.D.
I am nearing the end of Taylor Caldwell’s majestic historical novel on Luke the Gospel writer. Doubleday published “Dear and Glorious Physician” in 1959, after forty [...]

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