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The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss

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The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss is a testimony to how anyone can do anything with that most malleable collection of folk tales, the Christian Bible.

Each chapter focuses on a single Dr. Seuss book, and was condensed from Kemp's old sermons. "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" becomes a story about the "restoring power of Jesus Christ," "Yertle the Turtle" a lesson about greed, "Green Eggs and Ham" a parable about embracing change and "The Sneetches" one about overcoming discrimination.

Two chapters focus on "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas": one about materialism and another about loving difficult people. Kemp sees a parallel between the Grinch and the biblical story of Jesus and Zacchaeus. Jesus treated Zacchaeus, a despised tax collector, with respect, says Kemp, and completely changed his life.

Faith, hope and Dr. Seuss too

Richard Evans Lee
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If I remember correctly, Yertle the Turtle was actually about Hitler. And the Phineas Will You Please Go Now was about Nixon. Other than that there were no political / religious intentions in his books

Posted by: Father Dan | March 25, 2004 2:58 PM

Unfortunately, I saw this book distributed to children after their parents dedicated them at church. Although Geisel wrote brilliant stories with great morals, they are no substitute for the gospel of Jesus Christ. For while the gospel is too profound to be trivialized in such a book, its message is simple enough even for a young child to understand.

Posted by: Christina | August 5, 2004 1:07 AM

I think this book is an ingenious idea. What a fun way to teach the Gospel to children. Some kids have heard these same Bible stories taught so many times in the same exact way that they tend to stop listening, but by using something fun like Dr. Seuss these kids will see the story in a whole new light!

Posted by: Angel (#1 Dr. Seuss Fan) | October 15, 2006 10:52 AM

How do you feel?

Feel free to share your feelings about The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss. Please stick to the theme of the entry. Disagreement is fine. Homophobia, racism, and kindred expressions of hatred will be deleted. This site is one of my hobbies. I genuinely enjoy hearing from people and hate moderating or killing comments. Forthright disagreement is fine as long as it is civil.
My thanks,
Richard

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