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Kathie Lee Gifford has done it all. She’s a four-time Emmy Award-winning former TV host, screenwriter, producer, singer, songwriter and actress. But at 69, Gifford wants to use her platform for a single goal: furthering the Kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

“Nobody in the Bible ever retired,” Gifford told The Christian Post. “They died doing what God put them on this earth to do. Moses didn’t say, ‘I think I’ll play golf now.’ Mary Magdalene didn’t take up bridge. Not that there’s anything wrong with any of those things, but when you are on fire for the Kingdom of God, that will stay with you until the moment the Lord takes the breath from your body and takes you into His arms. And that’s the way I want to spend the rest of my life: refired, not retired.”<\/p>\n

Over the last several years, Gifford has lent her talents to several Bible-centric projects, including her latest, the musical production “The Way<\/a>,” and book,\u00a0The God of the Way: A Journey into the Stories, People, and Faith That Changed the World Forever<\/em><\/a>, which she co-wrote with Rabbi Jason Sobel.<\/p>\n

“The Way,” which recently hit PureFlix, is a symphonic 75-minute storytelling of the Bible through songs performed by several artists, including Nicole C. Mullen, Danny Gokey, Jimmie Allen, Larry Gatlin, BeBe Winans and more. Comprised of four oratorios and narrated by Gifford, the project brings the Bible to life uniquely and compellingly.<\/p>\n

The project, funded entirely by Gifford, came out about four years ago when the multi-hyphenate met with Mullen. The pair penned an 11-and-a-half-minute oratorio called “The God Who Sees.” The song instantly succeeded on YouTube, prompting Gifford to turn it into a larger project.<\/p>\n

“God used that to say to me, basically, ‘Kathie, this is the way I want you to spend the rest of your life.’ There are many more stories in the Bible to tell; you will never run out of them,” she said.\u00a0 The God of the Way<\/em>\u00a0delves deeper into the biblical truths presented in the film and highlights how heroes of the faith, like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, connect with the lives of believers today.<\/p>\n

“We don’t know the Bible rabbinically, what it really, really means,” Gifford said. “We don’t know the cultural relevance, or the political or the geo-political relevance of it. That’s why [the book] is so exciting.”<\/p>\n

To bring the book to life, Gifford traveled to Israel, studying the scriptures in their place of origin, and recruited the help of Sobel, a biblical scholar. “I go to Israel to study with the world’s greatest teachers because I am no biblical scholar, and I will never claim to be, but the people I write my books with are the people that actually study within the Holy Land,” the actress said.<\/p>\n

Gifford and Sobel previously co-authored\u00a0The Rock, The Road, and the Rabbi,<\/em>\u00a0which became an instant New York Times bestseller. The success of\u00a0The Rock, The Road, and the Rabbi,<\/em>\u00a0Gifford said, proves that many are “starved” for the fullness of the Word of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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