He came from nowhere and left in a whirlwind. Between those two storms, Elijah learned that God's greatest power is gentleness.
In this luminous, narrative-driven biography, D. Michael Gross follows the prophet across drought and breadlines, mountaintop showdowns and cave-dark despair. From the brook Cherith to the widow's kitchen, from the fire on Carmel to the whisper at Horeb, Elijah's life unfolds as a pilgrimage of obedience that breaks and remakes a human being.
This is not a sermon stitched to a story. It's sacred realism?historically grounded, psychologically precise, and written with the muscular lyricism that defines The Theological Biography Series. Ahab's weary arrogance, Jezebel's cold conviction, a widow's stubborn hope, and Elisha's quiet inheritance?each enters the narrative like a struck bell, shaping Elijah's calling and our understanding of it.
Elijah: Whirlwind and Whisper is for readers who crave literary craft without losing biblical fidelity; for the burned-out who wonder what comes after the fire; for the faithful who suspect God may be closer in stillness than in spectacle. Read it slowly. The wind will pass. The whisper will remain.