I want to let you guys in on this great book that I read a few years back called "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal."
The publisher's note reads as follows:
The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years -- except Biff, the Messiah's best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work "reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams" (Philadelphia Inquirer).
Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous one, filled with remarkable journeys, magic, healings, kung fu, corpse reanimations, demons, and hot babes. Even the considerable wiles and devotion of the Savior's pal may not be enough to divert Joshua from his tragic destiny. But there's no one who loves Josh more -- except maybe "Maggie," Mary of Magdala -- and Biff isn't about to let his extraordinary pal suffer and ascend without a fight.
Now...I have read the book.I am a Christian, and could see why some would be offended, but I would encourage those some to be open-minded. I enjoyed imagining Christ as a teenager, it makes him more real. Sure, the subject matter could be somewhat racy but the raciness never involved Christ. Basically, yes its controversial, but not in any upsetting way. In fact, nothing he writes really contradicts the Bible, he just flourishes on it. I definately had many moments where I laughed out loud in public reading this book. Its very clever, and i don't think Christians should be afraid to find humor in their story. (Also FYI they don't make Christ's death funny or anything like that...it's really respectful of who jesus was) Very clever..
