Thomas Nelson has announced it will release The Voice, an audio retelling of the Bible “the way it was originally told-through art, poetry, history and song,” the company said in a statement.

The Voice, the idea of speaker, author and pastor Chris Seay, is a series of books, songs and images that will retell the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Writers and artists working on the project include Lauren Winner, Phyllis Tickle, Brian McLaren, Donald Miller, Sara Groves, The Robbie Seay Band and artist Rob Pepper.

“What we plan to do is have poets retell the poetry of Scripture, historians retell the historical books of Scripture, and so forth,” Seay said. “We also have more than a dozen biblical scholars reviewing The Voice, making sure that we are not just retelling the Bible artistically, but faithfully as well.”

First projects from The Voice include two books and one music CD, to release in 2006.

The Last Eyewitness: The Final Week, a retelling of the passion of Jesus from the Gospel of John by Seay and David Capes, will release this month. The Dust Off Their Feet: Transitioning the Church to Conform to His Will-Then/Now, a retelling of Acts 1-15 by Brian McLaren, will release in July. Songs From the Voice, Vol. 1: Please Don't Make Us Sing This Song, featuring Derek Webb, Sara Groves, The Robbie Seay Band and others, also releases this month.

Seay also will hold The Voice worship events in seven cities during a Holy Week Tour with The Robbie Seay Band, Waterdeep and Ron Pepper. The cities visited on the tour will be Toronto; Chicago; St. Louis; Nashville; Atlanta; Lexington, Ky.; and Little Rock, Ark.

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