Kathie Lee Gifford - The God of the Way: A Journey into the Stories, People, and Faith That Changed the World Forever

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The God of the Way

2022 Kathie Lee Gifford and Rabbi Jason Sobel

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I am humbly and profoundly aware that I am one of the

billions of people who have been blessed to hear the redeeming

message of Jesus love and salvation and have been called to

follow in His divine footsteps. I dedicate this book to all my

brothers and sisters of the faith, and I pray that we, together

as one body in Him, will continue to believe with our whole

souls that Yeshua is the way, the truth, and the life.

Kathie Lee

To the Lord, whose grace has been more than

sufficient at all times and in every season!

To my wonderful wife, Miriam, whose love and support have

been a tremendous source of strength and encouragement.

To my boys, Avi and Judah; you are treasures who possess

great talent to influence the world.

And to my parents, who have been like wind beneath my wings.

Rabbi Jason

This book exists because of a song I cowrote in October 2017 with Nicole C. Mullen in Franklin, Tennessee.

I had never met Nicole before our writing session that day, and its the only song we have written together since. But that song we titled The God Who Sees went on to inspire an extremely successful short film featuring Nicole that I directed in Israel in spring 2018.

At this writing it has been viewed 7.5 million times and still elicits extraordinary responses on YouTube.

The success of The God Who Sees has confirmed to me what I am supposed to do with the remaining years of my creative life: tell the amazing, epic, ancient stories in the Bible in a brand-new way, using narration and symphonic orchestrations of original songs. They are called oratorios in the music world, and I have written three new oratorios with brilliant co-composers, orchestrators, and artists.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, I was prohibited from filming the new oratorios in Israel, but I was able to work with my extraordinary creative/production team to secure locations in Utah and Texas. The final result is an hour-and-a-half-long film called The Way, which is scheduled to be released at the end of summer 2022.

It was always my intention to release a companion book to accompany the film for teaching purposes. I asked my collaborator on the book The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi, Rabbi Jason Sobel, to bring his extensive knowledge and expertise on biblical studies to the project.

Im grateful that Jason agreed to join me, and the result of our efforts is the book you now hold in your hands.

I pray that it will bless you and deepen your walk with the living God.

My hearts desire is that you will be able to take what you learn and apply it to your everyday life as you live, and move, and have [your] being in the One who created you and loves you with an everlasting love (Acts 17:28 KJV ).

Blessed be His holy (Kadosh) name forever and ever!

S HALOM !

K ATHIE L EE

Several years ago I was in early production for a small film Id hoped to make in Tennessee. At the time, I wanted a song that would capture the essence of our little film. I wrote the lyrics and sent them over to my friend and brilliant songwriter Brett James to set them to music. As usual Brett returned it within hours, totally ready to demo in a recording studio.