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Publisher:
Xulon Press |
Release
Date: June 2003 |
ISBN:
1591607183 |
Awards:
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Format
Reviewed: Paperback |
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Genre:
Fiction /Christian - Biographical/Biblical |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Kristin Johnson |
Reviewer
Notes: Kristin Johnson released her second book, CHRISTMAS
COOKIES ARE FOR GIVING, co-written with Mimi Cummins, in October
2003. Her third book, ORDINARY MIRACLES: My Incredible Spiritual,
Artistic and Scientific Journey, co-written with Sir Rupert
A.L. Perrin, M.D., will be published by PublishAmerica in 2004.
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God
in Sandals
When
Jesus Walked Among Us
By Margaret
Montreuil
To get
the most out of this book, read Margaret Montreuil's companion interactive
journal GOD WITH US: A WALK THROUGH THE GOSPELS.
But
this isn't a commandment to be followed with the great show and
flamboyance of the Jewish religious hypocrite leaders brought to
fictional life in Margaret Montreuil's portrait of Jesus Christ.
All you need to do is believe and allow the spirit of this book,
the spirit of Montreuil's Jesus that she takes from the Bible and
makes new in her vivid portrayal of Biblical times.
Like
Anita Diamant's The Red Tent, this book takes a fresh, original
approach, focusing not just on Jesus' ministry and miracles, but
on his drama as a human being with his own disappointments and fears,
his own joys and sorrows, and his awesome destiny that he surrenders
to: to suffer and be crucified, to have soldiers gamble for his
clothes (an evocative image of our materialistic culture), and be
reborn to save mankind from sin. Along the way we meet Mary Magdalene,
Jesus' loving mother and unforgiving brothers, as well as characters
such as Roman soldiers and even Pontius Pilate, who believes in
Jesus more than his own people. This unfolds against the backdrop
of the war between Satan, God, and heavenly angels.
Hollywood
secularists, repent: The Jewish religious leaders, channeling Jim
Bakker, as well as the Reverend Fred Phelps who erected a monument
against murdered Matthew Shepard (who Montreuil's loving, fiery
Jesus would not have damned) in Wyoming, condemned Jesus because
of their own arrogance. Oh wait, that sounds more like the Hollywood
secularists trying to block Mel Gibson's "Passion." In
the Jewish leaders' denial of Jesus we see grim specters of the
ACLU and the liberal left (which Michael Moore, channeling new wine
in an old wineskin, denounces as having a "hoity-toity"
view of religion) banning Nativity scenes, prayer at public events,
and at high school football games. Has Bill O'Reilly read Montreuil's
book? Someone send him a copy as a belated Christmas gift. Then,
give yourself the experience of knowing the Jesus that Montreuil
evokes in her love letter.
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