Characters

The Voices

Each part of TEN TO ONE opens with a voice: a story told from the life of someone who walked this road before us.

Moses

the Lawgiver

Prophet and leader who brought Israel out of Egypt and received the Law at Mount Sinai.

In the wilderness, the fire burned strangely yet it was not consuming.

The opening line of this story in the book

the Life Changerthe Thinkerthe Life Changed

Persecutor turned apostle, missionary to the Gentiles, and author of much of the New Testament.

There was a road that was not forgiving to feet.

The opening line of this story in the book

the Teacherthe Exemplar

The Teacher of the Sermon on the Mount, who summed up all the Law in two great commandments.

He is Jesus of Nazareth—teacher, healer, and the One the Father sent.

The opening line of this story in the book

the Theologianthe Philosopher

Thirteenth-century Dominican friar, theologian, and philosopher; author of the Summa Theologiae.

In the year 1225, in the sunlit edge of Sicily, a child was born into a family of substance and influence.

The opening line of this story in the book

the Defender

Oxford and Cambridge scholar, novelist, and defender of the faith; author of Mere Christianity.

Titus describes faith as training—teaching the heart to renounce the lies that destroy love and to practice the truth that strengthens it.

The opening line of this story in the book

the Philosopher

Greek philosopher of the fourth century BC whose Nicomachean Ethics asks what makes a human life good.

There are those who ask questions because they want answers to satisfy their curiosity.

The opening line of this story in the book

The passages and classic works each part draws from.

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