17 Things Your Pastor Will Never Tell You

17 Things Your Pastor Will Never Tell You ventures beyond traditionalinterpretations of faith and scripture to provide the historical contextfor fresh perspectives on biblical stories. It's time we tackledthe forbidden topics those parts of the Bible that have beenmisunderstood or overlooked to dive deeper into the importantquestions of faith.Readers will be surprised to find that Genesis says the world wascreated by two different Gods-and one of them ordered the world'sfirst genocide. Shockingly Satan was one of the good guys and botha serpent and a donkey had conversations with humans. Believe itor not an early church bragged about a member who was sleepingwith his mother. Jesus was not born in mid-winter and Matthewand Luke were both plagiarists. And what if you knew the Biblenowhere recommends that Christians tithe? These heart-stoppingtopics at times deadly serious and other times quite funny willbe put under the microscope in 17. It's a grab bag-you can nevertell what going to pop up next.By blending humor with earnest inquiry 17 is engaging readersto reconsider what they thought they knew about Christianitypresenting a liberating call for deeper understanding and personalgrowth in one's faith journey.