Isn’t the Light OK?

The word of God is a lamp unto our feet, a light unto our path, and a surefire way to enhance the bottom line, according to the New Yorker.

I recently sat in on an Alpha class with the leadership of our church, and the topic was the bible. The class began with a reading from the Alpha leader’s guide about how the bible is the best-selling book of all time. I remember thinking that, yes, I’m sure it’s a steady seller year after year, but best seller of all time? Wouldn’t the New York Times best seller list be awfully predictable if that were the case? Why don’t we see “The Bible” up there along with Danielle Steele’s latest crapfest each week?

While the article doesn’t necessarily answer that question, there’s some interesting stuff in there.

I can’t put my finger on it, but something seems weird about this description:

…Women of Faith, a travelling ministry that holds two-day “spiritual spas” attracting as many as twenty thousand paying worshippers.

Come to think of it, maybe it’s the whole “paying worshippers” thing.

And, if Samuel L. Jackson as God wasn’t enough to get you interested in the audio bible market, how about this:

Jason Alexander, of “Seinfeld,” is signed on for an unspecified Old Testament character.

My money’s on Job. George Costanza as Job seems too perfect to pass up.

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