King's Book-Between the Lines

By H. King Oehmig

BETWEEN THE LINES: Reflections on the Gospels Through the Church Year

Between the Lines offers a unique, thought-provoking perspective on living as a Christian in today’s world. Throughout the book’s thirty original essays, brimming with anecdote and analogy, Oehmig probes selected Gospel passages, challenging conventional assumptions and lifting the reader to new levels of awareness and action. The book’s chapters progress through the seasons and themes of the Christian Year, exploring such topics as:

Beyond the “Second Genesis” (Advent 1)

Jesus the Winemaker (Epiphany 2)

The Two Sides of Temptation (Lent 1)

Keys to Being (Easter 3)

God Is a Surprise (Day of Pentecost)

A Scripture passage provided at the beginning of each chapter provides point to the counterpoint of Oehmig’s weavings ... through the Gospel phrases, and on to the life-changing experience of allowing oneself to be “interpreted” by the sacred text itself.

Praise for Between the Lines

King Oehmig’s reflections will help thousands of people through fresh and helpful insights to Scripture passages that have grown “worn” and “comfortable”—like old house slippers the faithful are tempted to slip on during worship before daydreaming. Reading Between the Lines came to me like a gentle wake-up call to re-notice how Scripture relates to life, and life to Scripture.

For daily devotions, for Bible study classes, or for Christian education teachers, Oehmig brings together creative comments, experiences, and a myriad of clear illustrations for cutting-edge thinkers and doers. I heartily recommend this book to anyone following the path of Christian adventure.

—J. Keith Miller, author, The Taste of New Wine

Week after week, Oehmig sweeps his meaning detector over packed-down texts and finds fresh treasure in them, largely by setting his dial to the frequency of the culture in which we live. As faithful to the Bible as he is to human life on earth, Oehmig makes surprising connections between the two ... and shows the rest of us how to do the same ...

—The Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, Butman Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Piedmont College

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