BATHSHEBA: Bathed in Grace BY Carol Cook

Carol Cook provides new perspective from eight women in the Bible.  Using God’s forgiveness and grace as a central theme, Cook retells the stories of “scandalous” women.  Giving thoughts and motives to their actions, the reader sees the women in a new light.  One example is Eve – Cook, in providing her way of thinking shows Eve as the true innocent she was.  She also provides the story of how the suffering God promised is fulfilled through childbirth to the death of one of her sons.  But, she never gives up on her relationship with God, as it carries her through the settlement outside of Eden through the birth of more sons.  A new dimension is added to the women so many thought of as bad or scandalous.

This book was a good read and a new perspective on stories that I have heard and read most of my life.  I enjoyed this insight to these women.  This would be a great book to introduce to a Bible study.  It is a wonderful addition to the stories that so many have heard and passed judgment on in previous readings.  I really liked it and would love to read more stories like this and share them with those who struggle with the reading of the Bible – to add a personal touch to and ease the reading for many.  I look forward to reading more stories like this in the future – I really enjoyed Carol Cook’s interpretation of the stories of these eight women from the Bible.