Using an approach similar to that in his book Parables from the Back Side, popular author J. Ellsworth Kalas brings a new perspective to selected Old Testament stories by approaching them from the “back side”—through a unique starting point, a creative retelling, a new “lens,” or the eyes of a minor or unsympathetic character.
Chapter titles and Scripture: “The Second Sin” (Genesis 3:1–13); “The Importance of Naming Joseph” (Genesis 30:22–24); “Because My Mother Told Me” (Exodus 2:1–10); “Moses’ Midlife Crisis” (Exodus 2:11–22); “Patron Saint of the Minority Report” (Numbers 13:1–3, 25–33); “Tragic Son, Tragic Father” (Judges 11:1–6, 30–35); “Honey in the Lion” (Judges 14:5–14); “Beauty and the Beast” (1 Samuel 25:2–42); “A Refugee at the King’s Table” (2 Samuel 9:1–13); “In Defense of Job’s Wife” (Job 2:1–10); “Jonah’s Christmas Story” (Jonah 3:1–6, 10; Matthew 12:38–42); “God Is Better Than His Plans” (Ruth 1:1–5; 4:13–17).
Includes 12 Sessions with a study guide.
