Fading excitement

When this book arrived for reviewing, I was quite excited. After all, paraphrase Bibles are often exciting to read - old truth put in new ways. The blurb says, 'It's creative. It's colourful. It's the Bible as you're never read it. In this engaging new paraphrase, author and actor Rob Lacey renders the Bible in the language of the modern urban reader.' Sounds great! However, as I opened the pages and read on I became increasingly disappointed. Because . . .

Peter Woodcock