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The Welcoming Door
by Kenny Kemp
A must-read for all who love Jesus - A
book review by Jane Weaver. On a recent trip to the Rising Sun branch of
the Cecil County Public Library I had the liberty of a leisure stroll
through the shelves of adult fiction. The library is now putting a sticker
on the spines of books it deems "inspirational." This does not necessarily
mean Christian fiction. I was told it means books that
inspire. That could also include books that have language or situations
certain Christians (myself being one of them) would rather not read. It
has been my custom to look on the inside of the book jacket for the name
of the publishing house. Bethany Books and Zondervan are definite clues
that the reading is both uplifting and wholesome. I also look to see who
has reviewed the book. It was this method that lead me to take The
Welcoming Door by Kenny Kemp to read. Joseph Girzone wrote my favorite
work of Christian fiction. His "Joshua" almost derailed my
Disciple I studies a few years back. A friend loaned me her copy of the
book and I couldn't put it down! (If you want to borrow my copy of Joshua
let me know.) Anyway, Girzone called The Welcoming Door
"delightful" and "unique." So I considered that
"must read material." The Welcoming Door makes a simple
supposition: where did The Parables come from? Jesus did not begin his
active ministry until he was 30 years old. We can only wonder what His
life was like between his temple experience as a young teenager (Luke
2:41-52) and the beginning of His ministry on earth. Kemp fills in some of
those missing years with three wonderful accounts of Jesus.
If you know the parable of the prodigal son, the parable of the talents
and the story of the Good Samaritan The Welcoming Door will offer a
possible account of how these stories came to be. There are three complete
stories within the pages of The Welcoming Door. In the title story we see
Jesus the carpenter working at making a new door for an employer who's son
has taken his inheritance and disappeared. We see the remaining son
working dutifully for his father. We also see the missing son squander his
fortune. And we see how Jesus put His touch on these people's lives. In
Living Waters we see how lives and hearts are changed. We also see Jesus
as big brother, playing with James as only brothers play. In The Money
Pouch people with pasts become people with futures in heaven. For anyone
who has wondered how Jesus lived in those years the Bible doesn't
describe, here are three touching, thought-provoking renderings offered by
a writer who seems to have put on the robe and picked up the hand tools to
understand the Man who would become our Savior. I highly recommend The
Welcoming Door by Kenny Kemp. It is not a new book. It was published in
2002. But the concept is fresh and refreshing. I hope he will do the same
with other parables.
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