The Word Became Fresh

This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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Dale Ralph Davis is one of those authors I've meant to read for ages now, I've seen him quoted and referred to for as long as I can remember and I just hadn't gotten around to reading any of his work. This book seemed like a decent place to start.

WHAT'S THE WORD BECAME FRESH ABOUT?
In the preface, Davis sets out the impetus for the book—too many Christians see the Old Testament as unimportant, or too complicated to understand—it's good for a couple of morality lessons or the occasional Psalm, but that's about it.

I still believe that traditional Old Testament criticism has had the effect of killing the Old Testament for the church. This little tome can hardly reverse that, but it is meant as an exercise in reading the Old Testament for fun and profit. As my mother- in- law used to say, ‘It's different anyway.' And maybe it will help.

* Maybe I'm just a snob, but if preachers don't have the tools to handle the Old Testament passages at this level already, perhaps they skimped on their training.

THE WORD BECAME FRESH