The Rest of Their Story: Untold Firsthand Accounts from Biblical Characters

What if Eve could finally tell you what really happened in that garden? Or Noah's wife described life crammed in a floating zoo with a rooster who wouldn't shut up?The Rest of Their Story gives voice to the women -- and a few men -- history left in the margins of Scripture. In sharp, funny, first-person confessions, familiar Bible stories get a fresh, human retelling: Job's wife defends her most infamous outburst, Leah reclaims her name after a lifetime of being second-best, Rahab turns a scandalous past into an unlikely legacy, and Peter's wife watches her husband go from fisherman to martyr with equal parts pride and heartbreak.Funny, tender, and surprisingly moving, each chapter peels back centuries of stained-glass solemnity to reveal characters who doubted, grieved, laughed, and loved -- just like we do. Underneath the humor is a deeper thread: grace that reaches the deceived, the grieving, the outcast, and the ordinary.Whether you know these stories by heart or are meeting them for the first time, The Rest of Their Story will make you laugh, catch your breath, and see Scripture in a whole new light.Pull up a seat. These voices have waited a long time to be heard.