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The Great Bible Story

The Bible through daily reading

'The Great Bible Story' is an introduction to the Bible in simple language, bringing out its stories and lessons in a way that is suitable for daily reading. If you would wish to write to me with comments or questions, please use this form.

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#1 In the beginning

#2 Angels and demons

#3 Setting the stage for man

#4 The test and the fall

#5 The fall continues headlong

#6 A total restart

#7 Uprightness under test

#8 Friends or enemies?

#9 From chaos to faith

#10 Abram, the ordinary man

#11 By sight or by faith

#12 Abram fights to save Lot

#13 Abram and the promise

#14 Promise and the covenant

#15 Abraham, God's friend

#16 God destroys Sodom and Gomorrah

#17 The child of promise

#18 The greatest sacrifice of all

#19 Choice from heaven

#20 Two nations start

#21 Jacob's meeting with God

#22 Encounter with God

#23 Joseph the dreamer

#24 God exalts Joseph

#25 Joseph sees his brothers

#26 Joseph reveals himself

#27 Years after Joseph

#28 God calls Moses

#29 God warns Pharaoh

#30 Israel delivered from Egypt

#31 A way through the sea

#32 The people complain

#33 Israel gets the Law

#34 The golden calf

#35 Focus on worship

#36 Sacrifices, their significance

#37 Miriam oversteps

#38 Israel makes a choice

#39 Korah rebels

#40 Moses and Aaron miss it

#41 Fiery serpents

#42 Moab tries tricks

#43 Joshua takes over

#44 Crossing the Jordan

#45 Jericho and Ai

#46 Joshua gets deceived

#47 Israel in the Promised Land

#48 The rise and fall of Gideon

#49 Jephthah makes a foolish vow

#50 God's plans for Samson

#51 Samson's weak spot

#52 The story of Ruth

#53 God calls Samuel

#54 The ark gets captured

#55 Israel gets a king

#56 Saul is not obedient

#57 David and Goliath

#58 David's conflict with Saul

#59 David as king

#60 David falls very low

#61 Trouble in David's family

#62 Solomon begins his reign

#63 The dedication of the temple

#64 Rehoboam acts foolishly

#65 Asa rules in Judah

#66 Elijah the prophet

#67 Showdown at Carmel

#68 Misadventures of Ahab

#69 Jehoshaphat of Judah

#70 Elijah is taken up

#71 Elisha raises the dead

#72 A leper is healed

#73 Joash the boy king

#74 Jonah the reluctant prophet

#75 Years of captivity

#76 Daniel keeps himself pure for God

#77 Daniel and the king's dream

#78 Trial by fire

#79 The king has another dream

#80 Daniel with the lions

#81 Announcing the new covenant

#82 Rebuilding the temple

#83 Esther is made queen

#84 God is sovereign

#85 Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem

#86 The miracle that was Jesus

#87 A forerunner for Jesus

#88 Announcing Jesus

#89 Responses to Jesus' birth

#90 The growing years of Jesus

#91 Jesus gets baptised

#92 Jesus faces strong temptations

#93 Jesus starts His ministry

#94 Confrontation and miracles

#95 A Pharisee seeks out Jesus

#96 A Samaritan woman comes to faith

#97 The authority Jesus had

#98 Signs and wonders

#99 More miracles

#100 Jesus, Lord over sickness and death

#101 Jesus with different people

#102 The sermon on the mount

#103 The parables of Jesus

#104 More parables

#105 Some more parables

#106 Continuing with parables

#107 Pharisees, Sadducees

#108 Jesus speaks about the last days

#109 Jesus gets betrayed

#110 The last supper

#111 Jesus gets arrested

#112 The trial of Jesus

#113 Jesus suffers and dies for us

#114 Jesus gets buried

#115 The resurrection

#116 Jesus ascends to heaven

#117 The Holy Spirit is poured out

#118 A miracle and a sermon

#119 God sets the standard for the church

#120 Ministry and martyrdom

#121 Saul gets converted

#122 The gospel opens to the non Jews

#123 The confusion about non Jews

#124 Herod tries to shine

#125 Missionary journeys

#126 More missionary work

#127 Paul gets arrested

#128 The conclusion

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