Katie Hays

What an excellent book! It serves as a reminder that denominations are inherently flawed when compared with the principles in the translated and retranslated Old and New Testaments and also reminds us that Jesus lived in times when literacy was confined to certain small pockets. Which is by way of saying that the people who might be Christians are meant to be inclusive of others and that also means studying the words should be together as it was then. Jesus did not carry a pocket bible and wave it around.
Beyond that, all of the quotations in this book are in context and told in a realistic manner similar to Eugene H. Peterson's The Message. The most important thing in this book is inclusivity. God loved his people even when they were stupid, didn't trust him, did things he didn't like. And so should we.
I requested and received an audio from the publisher without expectation.
The audio is narrated by the energetic author, and that always makes a book better!… (meer)