Category: bible
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THE STORY OF JESUS, THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM
THE STORY OF JESUS, THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM Soon after the time when John the Baptist was born, Joseph the carpenter of Nazareth had a dream. In his dream he saw an angel from the Lord standing beside him. The angel said to him: “Joseph, sprung from the line of king David, I have come…
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THE STORY OF THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
THE STORY OF THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT Among the Jews there was one class of men hated and despised by the people more than any other. That was “the publicans.” These were the men who took from the people the tax which the Roman rulers had laid upon the land. Many of these publicans…
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THE STORY OF DANIEL IN THE LIONS’ DEN
The lands which had been the Babylonian or Chaldean empire, now became the empire of Persia; and over these Darius was the king. King Darius gave to Daniel, who was now a very old man, a high place in honor and in power. Among all the rulers over the land, Daniel stood first, for the…
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THE STORY OF THE FIERY FURNACE
There was in the land of Judah a wicked king-named Jehoiakim, son of the good Josiah. While Jehoiakim was ruling over the land of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar, a great conqueror of the nations, came from Babylon with his army of Chaldean soldiers. He took the city of Jerusalem, and made Jehoiakim promise to submit to him…
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THE STORY OF GIDEON AND HIS THREE HUNDRED SOLDIERS
At last the people of Israel came into the promised land, but they did evil in the sight of the Lord in worshipping Baal; and the Lord left them to suffer for their sins. Once the Midianites, living near the desert on the east of Israel, came against the tribes. The two tribes that suffered…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: A Unique Psalm
A UNIQUE PSALM I want to tell you about a unique Psalm. Which Psalm is it? It is the 119th. The 119th Psalm is unique because of its length. It is the longest of the Psalms. It has one hundred and seventy-six verses. It is unique because of its arrangement. It is divided into twenty-two…
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THE STORY OF JONAH AND THE WHALE
At this time another prophet, named Jonah, was giving the word of the Lord to the Israelites. To Jonah the Lord spoke, saying: “Go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it; for its wickedness rises up before me.” But Jonah did not wish to preach to the people of Nineveh; for they were…
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THE STORY OF THE GRAPES FROM CANAAN
The Israelites stayed in their camp before Mount Sinai almost a year, while they were building the Tabernacle and learning God’s laws given through Moses. At last the cloud over the Tabernacle rose up, and the people knew that this was the sign for them to move. They took down the Tabernacle and their own…
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THE STORY OF ELIJAH, THE PROPHET
One of the greatest of all the kings of the Ten Tribes was Jeroboam the second. Under him the kingdom of Israel grew rich and strong. He conquered nearly all Syria, and made Samaria the greatest city of all those lands. But though Syria went down, another nation was now rising to power—Assyria, on the…