[citation needed] Lacey's performances have attracted significant media attention, including the BBC, CNN, Fox News and USA Today.
[5] Lacey chose to write the book partially based on his own recollections of being told Bible stories when he was younger and how they felt "stale" to him.
Major biblical stories are recast as mini-blockbusters; individual psalms are rewritten as song lyrics; the Pauline epistles become emails to the fledgling "Jesus Liberation Movement" (aka the church).
Lacey performed parts of The Word on the Street at events such as Hallelujah Palooza, where his rendition of "The Good Samaritan" was met with a mixed reaction.
[8] Of the book, Richard N Ostling noted that the slang would not be to everyone's tastes and that Lacey included some interesting concepts, citing the rewrite of Genesis 1:1-3.