The Gospel According to Peanuts

Whether you are a "Peanuts" comic strip fan or someone who believes in the Gospel "The Gospel According To Peanuts" is a very interesting and thought provoking book to read. Written by Robert Short a Presbyterian minister way back in 1965 he uses classic strips from the beloved comic strip to help show the meanings behind the stories in the Gospels. He even shows that every character in the strip from Charlie Brown to Lucy to the most famous beagle of all time can be used to represent major people from biblical times. Lucy for example represents original sin while Snoopy can be used to represent Christ or at least the perfect Christian.As I understand it Short wrote this book in mind to use in bible studies to help people understand the Bible better. I bought this 35th anniversary edition for a family member who preaches occasionally through her church to those in nursing homes to help her come up with ideas from the book to help her ministry. But really even for those individuals who are not religious or don't believe in a God can read this book and still come away after reading this with a positive attitude to live a better life and possibly a peaceful one. Regardless what your religious beliefs are isn't living a peaceful life what we all want? I recommend this book to anyone.

This book is a view of Christianity and Christians as compared with the wonderful characters of Charles Schultz famous cartoons. Robert Short uses various Peanuts strips to illustrate the similarity with the lessons of the Gospels and Leters of the New Testment and the message from the strips.Using the Peanuts characters has allowed the author to update the messages of the New Testament so that a modern person can relate better to the circumstances described. Each of the chapters focuses on a message from the New Testament and then uses the various situations in the strips to back up the discussion.I decided to read this book after several readings of a very dog-eared copy of "Parables of Peanuts" that I have had since my childhood. The message in Gospel is a lighter read, but no less entertaining and enlighting. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a new way to look at the Gospels and/or someone who loves Peanuts (like I do) and wants a new way to look at them.

I didn’t think I’d like it it, but recommended by a friend. Great book, gives you tons to think about long after you finish it!

This book was better than I had expected. I have read some of his other works, I thank you kindly, typing is hard, so please forgive my brief reviw. I believe all Christians could benefit from this book, it is an easy read, with many helpful not, not complicated.

Bought this book because the cute Biblical references in the comic strip always seemed so right on. This author, however, throws a different slant on things and quotes people like Kierkegaard and Karl Barth. So, cannot recommend very highly.

I read this book when it first came out. I loved it then and ordered this copy for my son and his family. It's a Great Bible Study Book, and I've recommended we study it in our Bible Study Group. It's a privilege to pass it on to another generation. Again, thanks so much. Sincerely, Sally Felts

I was recommended to buy this book and after I borrowed it from a friend, I decided to purchase this copy for my parents who have always loved Charles M Shultz & the Peanuts gang. I am looking forward to talking to them about this over dinner. Thank you for helping me find this for them!

Another one by Short that is a bit deep and hard to follow but I'd still recommend it for the bits of wisdom that can still be found in it.

I bought this book, mistaking it for another one called "The Philosophy of Peanuts", which I'd read in the 1970s and am desperate to find again because it was so VERY good. This book is firmly Christian in its perspective, taking it for granted that the Christian religion is the 'Truth' with a capital T. For that reason I find it rather hamfisted in its assumptions of rightness and accuracy. But it has some good moments, and of course the cartoons with which it is liberally sprinkled are a joy.

A delight to read; the cartoons mean so much more now that I have read Robert Short's explanations; I never tire of re-reading this book.

Still relevant to days readers and perfectly illustrated by the master cartoonist "Shulz".

Witty & Poignant

Very readable - and with cartoons!