Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth - for your love is more delightful than wine. (Song of Songs 1:2) How do you see God, really? As holy? Distant? Demanding? Unjust? Unfeeling? The Song of Songs-or Song of Solomon-is a tiny book in the heart of the Old Testament with a big message: God may not be who you think he is. While many people view the Song as a kind of marriage primer, Senyard and Pepper take a different approach. They dare readers to engage with the book as poetry--and in so doing, risk encountering the healing power hidden within its verses. The Kiss of God unpacks the...

Is this really in the Bible? This book is written to be a companion novel to the recently published "The Kiss of God" (www.thekissofGod.com) to provide a provocative and very-Biblical image of God that is accessible to anyone, anywhere. In fact, the group the project has in mind were not necessarily the Bible-belt Church-goers-but rather the spiritually-minded 'Oprah-moms'-- those who are longing for a real experience of God in their lives. The overall project began back in 2000 as an in-depth Bible study into a little known and even lesser understood book deep in the heart of the Old...