The Advocate of Spain—A Javier Vega Novel

The 21st Century House Churches Series (Book 7)

By: David Michael Curtis

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Javier Vega was a celebrated travel writer, a master of cynical wit, and the darling of Madrid's intellectual elite. When he returns to his life after being shipwrecked and presumed dead for two years, his friends gather to welcome home the man they knew. Instead, they find a stranger, his restless irony replaced by a quiet, unnerving peace forged in the crucible of solitude where his only companion was a King James Bible.

As his old world rejects him, seeing a madman where a wit once stood, Javier finds himself a pariah in the city he once commanded. His career evaporates, and his closest friends stage an intervention to save him from his newfound "delusion." Undeterred, Javier starts a blog, "The Sower in the City," a single act of faith that attracts an unlikely group of seekers: a searching philosophy student trapped in nihilism, a devout cleaning woman questioning her traditions, a bitter construction worker consumed by resentment, and an ambitious lawyer whose life is built on the wisdom of the world.

Together, they gather not for a sermon, but for a radical investigation. Armed with a simple method of topical Bible study, they strip away all external commentary and allow the scripture to interpret itself, building a foundation of faith on the unshakeable rock of the Word alone. But as their small fellowship grows and lives are transformed, they attract unwanted attention. In a city reeling from a recent tragedy, their counter-cultural faith is seen as a threat, and they soon find themselves under the watchful eye of suspicious authorities.

Can a faith built solely on the Word of God withstand the pressures of a hostile world? Can a handful of broken people, armed only with a book, truly become a light in a city of stone?

The Advocate of Spain is the seventh novel in the 21st Century House Churches series, a standalone story of intellectual conversion, radical discipleship, and the profound power of scripture to build a family from the ruins of individual lives.