Book Review: Man in White, by Johnny Cash

Wow. That man knew his Bible. New Testament, Old Testament, Biblical history, it was all there. For the most part it was woven seamlessly into the story. There were a few times where it felt like he was spelling out the Gospel for his readers, but if there were any Johnny Cash fans out there who didn't know the Lord, but wanted to read a novel by Johnny Cash, this was an opportunity to witness, and Johnny seized it.

The book was about the time immediately before and immediately after Paul's conversion. It's not how I picture it all happening, but considering I don't know how it went either, I'm fine with what he wrote. Johnny felt he could identify with Paul, and you could tell in reading it that the subject was close to his heart.

I wouldn't say it's the best book I've ever read, but it was good, and worth reading. Like I said in the comments of another post, I wish there had been more of the introduction, with Johnny talking about his faith. I know that wasn't the point of the book, but I liked it.

Oh, and one more good thing about it, the way Johnny so obviously delved into the Scriptures made me want to do more exploring of my own. Good stuff.