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Surprised by Anne Rice

Apr 24th, 2009 | By Skye Jethani | Category: Faith, Features

Last week I picked up a leftover copy of Anne Rice’s second novel about Jesus (or Yeshua ben Joseph as he’s referred to in the book) from the “free book” shelf here at Christianity Today. I came to Rice’s book, Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, as a skeptic given what I’d heard about the first book in the series Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt.

For those who thought Paul Young was out of bounds for putting words in the mouth of God in his bestseller The Shack, Anne Rice goes one further. She not only puts words in Jesus’ mouth but also thoughts into his head. She’s written her novels in first person voice with Jesus as the narrator.

I started the book on a flight out…

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The Divine Commodity Blog Tour and Radio Interview

Apr 16th, 2009 | By Skye Jethani | Category: Church, Formation

Thursday, April 16th, is the blog tour for The Divine Commodity. Below are a list of blogs featuring reviews, highlights, and questions from my book. I’ll be interacting on most of these sites, so be sure to pay them a visit. I’ve also recorded an interview on Moody Radio’s Primetime America program. Part one of the interview will air on Thursday at 5:30 (central) and part two on Friday at the same time.

Out of Ur (OutofUr.com)

Flowerdust.net (http://www.flowerdust.net/)

Stuff Christians Like (http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com/)

Ragamuffin Soul (www.ragamuffinsoul.com)

Monday Morning Insight (http://www.mondaymorninginsight.com/)

Mark D Roberts (http://www.markdroberts.com/)

Ben Arment (www.benarment.com)

Church Relevance (http://churchrelevance.com/)

Bob Franquiz (http://bobfranquiz.typepad.com/)

Bob Hyatt (http://bobhyatt.typepad.com/)

Cole-Slaw (http://cole-slaw.blogspot.com/)

The Forgotten Ways (www.theforgottenways.org)