The Cotton Patch Gospel Pauls Epistles

Download or read book The Cotton Patch Gospel: Paul's Epistles written by Clarence Jordan and published by Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cotton Patch Gospel recasts the stories of Jesus and the letters of Paul and Peter into the language of the mid-20th century South. Born out of the Civil Rights struggle, these now classic translations of much of the New Testament bring the far-away places of Scipture closer to home: Gainesville, Selma, Birmingham, Atlanta, Washington, D.C. As Jordan once wrote, "While there have been many excellent translations of the Scriptures into modern English, they still have left us stranded in the long-distant past. We need to have the good news come to us not only in our own tongue but in our own time. We want to be participants in the faith, not merely spectators."