Contents
The Old Testament
In the Beginning 7
Paradise lost 10
The great flood 14
God's Promise to Abraham 19
Abraham, Sarah... and Isaac 22
The story of Isaac 24
Jacob and Esau 26
Joseph 33
The Story of Moses 43
Moses and the pharaoh 46
The great escape 52
God's laws 57
Into Canaan 61
The Land of Israel 65
Warriors for God 70
Samson 74
Ruth 77
Samuel 80
A Kingdom, a City, and a Temple 85
David the shepherd boy 88
King David 94
King Solomon 98
Two Kingdoms 107
King Ahab of Israel... and Elijah 109
Elisha 113
The Assyrian menace 117
Hezekiah and the siege of Jerusalem 120
The story of Jonah 121
The defeat of Judah 125
The Jewish People 129
Ezekiel and the good shepherd 131
The fiery furnace 133
The writing on the wall 138
Daniel and the lions 140
Queen Esther 145
The land of the Jews 150
The New Testament
The Birth of Jesus 155
Mary and the angel 157
The birth of John 160
The baby in the manger 161
The wise men and their gifts 166
Jesus in the Temple 170
Jesus the Teacher 175
Jesus in the synagogue 179
Jesus and his disciples 181
Living as God wants 186
The Kingdom of God 193
Parables of the kingdom 196
Belonging to God's kingdom 198
Friends and Enemies 207
Jesus and the sabbath 210
Jesus and the storm 212
Jairus and his daughter 215
Who is Jesus? 218
The good Samaritan 220
Jesus and the man born blind 224
An End and a Beginning 229
Zacchaeus 230
To Jerusalem 233
The Last Supper 238
Betrayed 241
Condemned 245
A new beginning 258
Bible References 256