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128 Greatest Stories from the Bible
These ancient yet compelling stories, passed down from generation to generation, are as timeless as the lessons they teach. The scenes and people may change, but God and his Word do not. The lives of these Bible characters will inspire, challenge, and encourage you in your walk with God.
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226 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2012
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September 1, 2019
This is a good introduction for people who want to get a quick overview of the stories in the Bible. Each story is short (2-3 pages), concise, and written with a vocabulary that even older elementary school children should be able to understand.
(I couldn't find a contact email address for any of the three authors, so here are some suggested areas of improvement which I found in the Kindle text of 128 Greatest Stories From The Bible:
Page 17, promised Noah he never / promised Noah THAT he never ; 21, After supper they were roused / After supper, they were roused ; 22, demanding the strangers / demanding THAT the strangers ; 22, Son-in-law, and thy sons / SONS-in-law, and thy sons ; 26, barren life long after / barren life, long after ; 26, She learned Sarai planned / She learned THAT Sarai planned ; 26, Hagar knew she had / Hagar knew THAT she had ; 31, Oh Lord God / Oh, Lord God ; 33, In the dream the Lord promised / In the dream, the Lord promised ; 35, One day Esau came home / One day, Esau came home ; 35, Some time later this verbal theft / Some time later, this verbal theft ;
Page 37, the month Jacob abode / the month THAT Jacob abode ; 38, role life had forged / role THAT life had forged ; 39, Lord saw Leah was / Lord saw THAT Leah was ; 40, He proposed they throw / He proposed THAT they throw ; 44, so well I have / so well THAT I have ; 44, so innocent he could / so innocent THAT he could ; 44, so clever he chose / so clever THAT he chose ; 45, young man he had trusted / young man WHOM he had trusted ; 47, jochabed, moses' brave mother / JOCHEBED, moses' brave mother ; 50, warned Miriam someone / warned Miriam THAT someone ; 50, the look Pharaoh's daughter / the look THAT Pharaoh's daughter ; 52, One day the daughter / One day, the daughter ;
Page 52, secluded spot she had / secluded spot THAT she had ; 52, daughter THAT she had nothing ; 54, Fearing he would / Fearing THAT he would ; 59, make sure no one / make sure THAT no one ; 70, following days the rumbling / following days, the rumbling ; 71, Moses says God is going / Moses says THAT God is going ; 78, seems likely Rahab turned / seems likely THAT Rahab turned ; 78, the land God had / the land THAT God had ; 79, knowing this would be / knowing THAT this would be ; 81, stand still so we could / stand still so THAT we could ; 81, Joshua knew he would / Joshua knew THAT he would ; 81, nations God had helped / nations THAT God had helped ;
Page 81, in disputes they either / in disputes THAT they either ; 86, instructions he had given / instructions THAT he had given ; 86, reminded him God would not / reminded him THAT God would not ; 86, insisted they get her / insisted THAT they get her ; 86, they realized their son / they realized THAT their son ; 87, wife and found her father / wife and found THAT her father ; 87, a riddle he had posed / a riddle THAT he had posed ; 89, Later the inebriated Philistines / Later, the inebriated Philistines ; 90, power she thought / power THAT she thought ; 91, the fear it was only / the fear THAT it was only ; 91, Delilah may well have been / Delilah MIGHT well have been ;
Page 92, she prayed the famine / she prayed THAT the famine ; 94, showed she had found / showed THAT she had found ; 94, knowing Boaz had commanded / knowing THAT Boaz had commanded ; 94, Day after day Ruth gleaned / Day after day, Ruth gleaned ; 94, Day after day she learned / Day after day, she learned ; 95, God of Israel she had come / God of Israel WHOM she had come ; 96, By law this man / By law, this man ; 98, mother heart she missed / mother heart, she missed ; 98, the son God had given / the son WHOM God had given ; 99, Eli realized God was / Eli realized THAT God was ; 99, people realized Samuel was / people realized THAT Samuel was ;
Page 100, suggested they find / suggested THAT they find ; 101, Saul knew the Lord / Saul knew THAT the Lord ; 101, he was afraid God would / he was afraid THAT God would ; 101, Jonathan knew David was / Jonathan knew THAT David was ; 102, flock he was keeping / flock WHICH he was keeping ; 103, same way he had saved / same way THAT he had saved ; 104, One day God said to Samuel / One day, God said to Samuel ; 105, Jonathan learned his father / Jonathan learned THAT his father ; 105, Saul was at his wit's end / Saul was at his WITS' end ; 107, will know there is / will know THAT there is ; 107, first time she saw / first time THAT she saw ; 107, she knew she must / she knew THAT she must ;
Page 108, The next day while in the throes / The next day, while in the throes ; 108, young man he had loved / young man WHOM he had loved ; 108, the man God had called / the man WHOM God had called ; 109, demanded Michal be returned / demanded THAT Michal be returned ; 109, Bible says her weeping husband / Bible says THAT her weeping husband ; 109, appears love fled / appears THAT love fled ; 110, She told him she had been / She told him THAT she had been ; 112, On his deathbed David cited / On his deathbed, David cited ; 113, so great the hills / so great, the hills ; 113, doubly sure Uriah died / doubly sure THAT Uriah died ; 113, same town a poor man / same town, a poor man ;
Page 113, One day the rich man / One day, the rich man ; 114, the husband she had lost / the husband THAT she had lost ; 115, secretly glad he never / secretly glad THAT he never ; 115, the thing David had done / the thing WHICH David had done ; 115, The child Bathsheba had born unto David / The child THAT Bathsheba had BORNE unto David ; 117, That night one of the babies / That night, one of the babies ; 119, written he "did evil / written THAT he "did evil ; 120, heathen gods the Israelites / heathen gods THAT the Israelites ; 120, the hundred Obadiah spirits / the hundred THAT Obadiah spirits ; 122, by the brook Cher-ith / by the brook Cherith (remove hyphen) ;
Page 123, One day when they stood / One day, when they stood ; 124, the cloak Elijah had / the cloak THAT Elijah had ; 125, perceived he was / perceived THAT he was ; 128, In return the Lord blessed / In return, the Lord blessed ; 129, returned to Ninevah / returned to NINEVEH ; 129, idol worship Hezekiah had / idol worship THAT Hezekiah had ; 131, difficulties the Jews / difficulties THAT the Jews ; 133, service Mordecai had done / service THAT Mordecai had done ; 133, realized Mordecai had never / realized THAT Mordecai had never ; 133, thinking it would / thinking THAT it would ; 135, Eliphaz, Bil-dad, and Zophar / Eliphaz, BILDAD, and Zophar (remove hyphen) ;
Page 147, The Jews had returned from captivity in Babylon and began rebuilding / The Jews had returned from captivity in Babylon and BEGUN rebuilding (The Jews had ... BEGUN rebuilding) ; 149, dusty road two travelers / dusty road THAT two travelers ; 167, Many were those Herodias / Many were those WHOM Herodias ; 174, on the premise there was no hurry / on the premise THAT there was no hurry ; 177, than any the wife / than any THAT the wife ; 179, See this is taken / See THAT this is taken ; 181, Mary of Magdala knew Jesus lived / 181, Mary of Magdala knew THAT Jesus lived ; 199, Always curious neighbors dropped by / Always, curious neighbors dropped by ;
Page 203, He announced he would give / He announced THAT he would give ; 216, lydia merchant of purple / lydia, merchant of purple ; Pages 8, 121, 122, 122, and 190, Zerephath / ZAREPHATH .)
(I couldn't find a contact email address for any of the three authors, so here are some suggested areas of improvement which I found in the Kindle text of 128 Greatest Stories From The Bible:
Page 17, promised Noah he never / promised Noah THAT he never ; 21, After supper they were roused / After supper, they were roused ; 22, demanding the strangers / demanding THAT the strangers ; 22, Son-in-law, and thy sons / SONS-in-law, and thy sons ; 26, barren life long after / barren life, long after ; 26, She learned Sarai planned / She learned THAT Sarai planned ; 26, Hagar knew she had / Hagar knew THAT she had ; 31, Oh Lord God / Oh, Lord God ; 33, In the dream the Lord promised / In the dream, the Lord promised ; 35, One day Esau came home / One day, Esau came home ; 35, Some time later this verbal theft / Some time later, this verbal theft ;
Page 37, the month Jacob abode / the month THAT Jacob abode ; 38, role life had forged / role THAT life had forged ; 39, Lord saw Leah was / Lord saw THAT Leah was ; 40, He proposed they throw / He proposed THAT they throw ; 44, so well I have / so well THAT I have ; 44, so innocent he could / so innocent THAT he could ; 44, so clever he chose / so clever THAT he chose ; 45, young man he had trusted / young man WHOM he had trusted ; 47, jochabed, moses' brave mother / JOCHEBED, moses' brave mother ; 50, warned Miriam someone / warned Miriam THAT someone ; 50, the look Pharaoh's daughter / the look THAT Pharaoh's daughter ; 52, One day the daughter / One day, the daughter ;
Page 52, secluded spot she had / secluded spot THAT she had ; 52, daughter THAT she had nothing ; 54, Fearing he would / Fearing THAT he would ; 59, make sure no one / make sure THAT no one ; 70, following days the rumbling / following days, the rumbling ; 71, Moses says God is going / Moses says THAT God is going ; 78, seems likely Rahab turned / seems likely THAT Rahab turned ; 78, the land God had / the land THAT God had ; 79, knowing this would be / knowing THAT this would be ; 81, stand still so we could / stand still so THAT we could ; 81, Joshua knew he would / Joshua knew THAT he would ; 81, nations God had helped / nations THAT God had helped ;
Page 81, in disputes they either / in disputes THAT they either ; 86, instructions he had given / instructions THAT he had given ; 86, reminded him God would not / reminded him THAT God would not ; 86, insisted they get her / insisted THAT they get her ; 86, they realized their son / they realized THAT their son ; 87, wife and found her father / wife and found THAT her father ; 87, a riddle he had posed / a riddle THAT he had posed ; 89, Later the inebriated Philistines / Later, the inebriated Philistines ; 90, power she thought / power THAT she thought ; 91, the fear it was only / the fear THAT it was only ; 91, Delilah may well have been / Delilah MIGHT well have been ;
Page 92, she prayed the famine / she prayed THAT the famine ; 94, showed she had found / showed THAT she had found ; 94, knowing Boaz had commanded / knowing THAT Boaz had commanded ; 94, Day after day Ruth gleaned / Day after day, Ruth gleaned ; 94, Day after day she learned / Day after day, she learned ; 95, God of Israel she had come / God of Israel WHOM she had come ; 96, By law this man / By law, this man ; 98, mother heart she missed / mother heart, she missed ; 98, the son God had given / the son WHOM God had given ; 99, Eli realized God was / Eli realized THAT God was ; 99, people realized Samuel was / people realized THAT Samuel was ;
Page 100, suggested they find / suggested THAT they find ; 101, Saul knew the Lord / Saul knew THAT the Lord ; 101, he was afraid God would / he was afraid THAT God would ; 101, Jonathan knew David was / Jonathan knew THAT David was ; 102, flock he was keeping / flock WHICH he was keeping ; 103, same way he had saved / same way THAT he had saved ; 104, One day God said to Samuel / One day, God said to Samuel ; 105, Jonathan learned his father / Jonathan learned THAT his father ; 105, Saul was at his wit's end / Saul was at his WITS' end ; 107, will know there is / will know THAT there is ; 107, first time she saw / first time THAT she saw ; 107, she knew she must / she knew THAT she must ;
Page 108, The next day while in the throes / The next day, while in the throes ; 108, young man he had loved / young man WHOM he had loved ; 108, the man God had called / the man WHOM God had called ; 109, demanded Michal be returned / demanded THAT Michal be returned ; 109, Bible says her weeping husband / Bible says THAT her weeping husband ; 109, appears love fled / appears THAT love fled ; 110, She told him she had been / She told him THAT she had been ; 112, On his deathbed David cited / On his deathbed, David cited ; 113, so great the hills / so great, the hills ; 113, doubly sure Uriah died / doubly sure THAT Uriah died ; 113, same town a poor man / same town, a poor man ;
Page 113, One day the rich man / One day, the rich man ; 114, the husband she had lost / the husband THAT she had lost ; 115, secretly glad he never / secretly glad THAT he never ; 115, the thing David had done / the thing WHICH David had done ; 115, The child Bathsheba had born unto David / The child THAT Bathsheba had BORNE unto David ; 117, That night one of the babies / That night, one of the babies ; 119, written he "did evil / written THAT he "did evil ; 120, heathen gods the Israelites / heathen gods THAT the Israelites ; 120, the hundred Obadiah spirits / the hundred THAT Obadiah spirits ; 122, by the brook Cher-ith / by the brook Cherith (remove hyphen) ;
Page 123, One day when they stood / One day, when they stood ; 124, the cloak Elijah had / the cloak THAT Elijah had ; 125, perceived he was / perceived THAT he was ; 128, In return the Lord blessed / In return, the Lord blessed ; 129, returned to Ninevah / returned to NINEVEH ; 129, idol worship Hezekiah had / idol worship THAT Hezekiah had ; 131, difficulties the Jews / difficulties THAT the Jews ; 133, service Mordecai had done / service THAT Mordecai had done ; 133, realized Mordecai had never / realized THAT Mordecai had never ; 133, thinking it would / thinking THAT it would ; 135, Eliphaz, Bil-dad, and Zophar / Eliphaz, BILDAD, and Zophar (remove hyphen) ;
Page 147, The Jews had returned from captivity in Babylon and began rebuilding / The Jews had returned from captivity in Babylon and BEGUN rebuilding (The Jews had ... BEGUN rebuilding) ; 149, dusty road two travelers / dusty road THAT two travelers ; 167, Many were those Herodias / Many were those WHOM Herodias ; 174, on the premise there was no hurry / on the premise THAT there was no hurry ; 177, than any the wife / than any THAT the wife ; 179, See this is taken / See THAT this is taken ; 181, Mary of Magdala knew Jesus lived / 181, Mary of Magdala knew THAT Jesus lived ; 199, Always curious neighbors dropped by / Always, curious neighbors dropped by ;
Page 203, He announced he would give / He announced THAT he would give ; 216, lydia merchant of purple / lydia, merchant of purple ; Pages 8, 121, 122, 122, and 190, Zerephath / ZAREPHATH .)
November 27, 2020
A very helpful guide to Scripture Study
I found this book to be more than expected and easy to read. Unlike other books, this one gives commentary based on Scripture, culture & time to make one feel as if within the action. The fictitious conversations & actions that may have been actual, are an aid to learning more of the Bible's record in a live manner. The book lends itself to making the personages easier to know & understand which gives a warmth and humility to its teaching. This book lends itself to being re-read, time and again to aid one's focus on actions behind, in & through each Biblical book, chapter & verse.
I found this book to be more than expected and easy to read. Unlike other books, this one gives commentary based on Scripture, culture & time to make one feel as if within the action. The fictitious conversations & actions that may have been actual, are an aid to learning more of the Bible's record in a live manner. The book lends itself to making the personages easier to know & understand which gives a warmth and humility to its teaching. This book lends itself to being re-read, time and again to aid one's focus on actions behind, in & through each Biblical book, chapter & verse.
February 19, 2017
A walkthrough of the Bible
Presents a good depiction of many Bible stories, telling of the history and also covering the Gospels as well. I recommend this to those as a first step to get to know the Bible.
Presents a good depiction of many Bible stories, telling of the history and also covering the Gospels as well. I recommend this to those as a first step to get to know the Bible.
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