The Word (novel) The Word (novel) The Word is a 1972 mystery thriller novel by Irving Wallace, which explores the origin of the New Testament of the Bible. The plot of the novel is based around the discovery within Roman ruins of a new gospel written by Jesus' younger brother, James in the first century. In the gospel, many facts of Jesus' life, including the years not mentioned in the Bible, are revealed not to be as factual as they were once thought to be. Steven Randall, a divorced public relations executive running his own company in New York City, is the man
The Clear Word letter expressing concerns about "The Clear Word" (June 28, 1994), stating that "A cursory examination of the Clear Word Bible reveals the prolific addition of many ideas not found in Scripture." Others within the church, such as Phil Ward, have expressed criticism in two areas. One that the current publisher does not have a large enough footprint to get "The Clear Word" out to mainstream Christian book centers, and that the paraphrase has too much extra material in it. The Clear Word The Clear Word, originally published in March 1994 as the "Clear Word Bible", is an English-language "devotional paraphrase