The Jesus I Know by Kathie Lee Gifford Book Review

New York Times bestselling author Kathie Lee Gifford reveals heartwarming, entertaining conversations between people and personalities who both agree and disagree about who Jesus is, his role throughout history, and his presence in our lives today.

For decades Kathie Lee has had deep conversations about her faith with anyone who is interested in talking about it. What she discovered early on is most people are very willing to talk about Jesus: atheists, agnostics, Scientologists, Jews, broken-hearted Catholics, confused Baptists, Pentecostals, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Hindus alike. 

While some of the people Kathie Lee has spoken with do not share her belief that Jesus is the Messiah—as prophesied for centuries by prophets in the Hebrew scriptures—they nonetheless have a universal fascination with Him. This singular man who lived more than two thousand years ago, and never traveled more than one hundred miles from where He was born, managed to change the entire world. Even the way we delineate history (BC/AD) comes from His short thirty-three years of life. 

In The Jesus I Know, Kathie Lee shares cherished conversations that she’s had with others who find Jesus to be an ancient historical figure who somehow continues to be an undeniably magnetic, relevant presence in the modern world. Those conversations include

• ·         actors like Kristin Chenoweth and Cynthia Garrett, with stories of Craig Ferguson and Kevin Costner,
• ·         newsmakers and news personalities like Kris Jenner, Megyn Kelly, Jason Kennedy, and Janice Dean,
• ·         performers like Chynna Phillips Baldwin, Brian Welch, Jimmie Allen, and Jimmy Wayne,
• ·         hitmakers like Louis York and David Pomeranz,
• ·         as well as those coming from other faith traditions.

Using Kathie Lee’s favorite Scripture passages as scaffolding, these thought-provoking exchanges will bring His teachings to life before your very eyes.

My Thoughts:

Kathie Lee Gifford explores a diverse group of people with whom she has had conversations with throughout her life about Jesus and who they say they He is. Its tone is a conversational style going back and forth “interview” format. She explores how they came to know about Jesus and a bit of history that they share with Kathie from their life as a believer or how they came back to Him. The individuals talk about growing up and other events in their life. The conversations are a diverse group of people from Kristen Chenoweth, Jimmie Allen, Megyn Kelly, and others. It was an interesting insight into others and their journey.

The book is a slow read in my opinion. Not one I could open up and read for long periods. The chapters break it up but I had to break up the chapters in bits.

 I enjoyed her book The Rock, Road, and the Rabbi. This book wasn’t my favorite. It’s one of those books that I can agree to disagree with. While several of the individuals have had interesting walks I felt some of it didn’t line up with the Jesus I know and the scriptures. Let me clarify it wasn’t everyone as some parts are good. As a whole, I just didn’t love this particular book.  

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 Disclosure  I received this complimentary product through FrontGate Blogger Network in exchange for my honest thoughts.