Review: Into the Fray:How Jesus's Followers Turn the World Upside Down Matt Mikalatos Baker Books 2015 Story. The long letter/story we generally know as Acts has been updated—a little bit. The author doesn’t fiddle with the underlying narrative, but he does create more modern versions of several key characters found in Acts. The Ethiopian’s ride is a limo, Stephen becomes Esteban, Luke is Dr. Lucas, but Paul stays Paul. Mikalatos tells his stories in a modern version and then discusses the Biblical text behind the new telling. This works pretty well, too. The names aren’t so distant past, the events more current. Mikalatos likes stories. As do many others these days. As did the people of Biblical times. The Bible is story in many places throughout its text. How many times have we heard, “We know how things turn out and we win.”? Or something similar and more eloquent. ...