Archive for July, 2020
Book Fave: The Rational Bible
by Admin on Jul.16, 2020, under Book Faves, Wisdom
Wow, it’s been over 4 years since I’ve posted on my Book Fave site. And the books I’m going to tell you about now are so good and so important, this could be the last book post for another very long while.
It’s all about the great wisdom and life lessons available in the Torah (first five books of the Bible).
Dennis Prager has worked all his life putting this Bible commentary together. And it’s based purely on reason. You need not be religious to appreciate these five books (Genesis through Deuteronomy). Only the first two are out right now, the rest are coming.
It changed me. Once I started reading I was hooked. Couldn’t get enough. In a matter of a couple months I’ve been through the first two books twice each (each is about 500 pages). And my life is changed. Or renewed. Or focused.
Those of you who know me know that I grew up in a Christian home, my father was a Presbyterian minister his entire career. We got married in the church. We raised our kids in the church. And with only a few periods of “stepping back” we were pretty well churched. I was a church choir director, we led youth groups and puppet troupes, taught Sunday School, sat on boards and committees, etc. And I have been known to create and teach adult Bible study curriculum… I am amazed by how much I missed, or forgot. Or forgot to fully appreciate.
So guess what I did with this?! I created an adult Bible study using Prager’s Genesis and Exodus as the textbooks. It’s really just a highlights reel. In 8-10 hours of class time total you can only scratch the surface. The class is over, but since it was online for COVID, all the sessions were recorded and you can watch them any time: God Is Good. Or, check out my offer of Torah Talks.
