The Childrens Bible
Sherman's comprehensive retelling of biblical stories in child-friendly language, from Creation through Old Testament heroes and the complete life of Jesus, His disciples, and the early church.
217 Chapters
Table of Contents
1
PREFACE
2
THE STORY OF CREATION
3
GOD'S GOOD GIFTS TO MAN
4
THE FIRST DISOBEDIENCE
5
CAIN AND HIS BROTHER ABEL
6
NOAH AND THE GREAT FLOOD
7
THE STORY OF THE TOWER OF BABEL
8
LOT'S ESCAPE FROM A WICKED CITY
9
GOD'S CARE FOR THE BOY ISHMAEL
10
ABRAHAM'S LOYALTY TO GOD
11
HOW REBEKAH BECAME THE WIFE OF ISAAC
12
HOW JACOB DECEIVED HIS FATHER
13
JACOB'S DREAM
14
THE DECEIVER DECEIVED
15
MEETING A BROTHER WHO HAD BEEN WRONGED
16
JOSEPH SOLD AS A SLAVE BY HIS BROTHERS
17
JOSEPH'S EAGERNESS TO HELP OTHERS
18
A PRISONER WHO BECAME A MIGHTY RULER
19
THE TESTING OF JOSEPH'S BROTHERS
20
JOSEPH'S FORGIVENESS OF HIS BROTHERS
21
JOSEPH'S LOYALTY TO HIS FAMILY
22
THE BOYHOOD AND TRAINING OF MOSES
23
THE VOICE FROM THE BUSH
24
PHARAOH THE STUBBORN RULER
25
THE COST OF BEING CRUEL AND STUBBORN
26
THE ESCAPE FROM EGYPT
27
GOD'S COMMANDS TO THE PEOPLE
28
OUR DUTIES TO GOD AND MAN
29
THE REPORT OF THE HEBREW SPIES
30
THE LAST WORDS OF MOSES
31
CROSSING THE RIVER JORDAN
32
THE CAPTURE OF JERICHO AND AI
33
WOMEN WHO SAVED A NATION
34
GIDEON'S BRAVE BAND
35
JEPHTHAH'S FOOLISH PROMISE
36
SAMSON WHO DID TO OTHERS AS THEY DID TO HIM
37
A STRONG MAN WHO LOST HIS STRENGTH
38
THE DEVOTION OF RUTH
39
SAMUEL THE BOY PROPHET
40
THE ARK AMONG THE PHILISTINES
41
HOW SAMUEL FOUND A LEADER
42
JONATHAN'S BRAVE DEED
43
DAVID'S VICTORY OVER THE GIANT
44
SAUL'S MEAN JEALOUSY
45
JONATHAN'S LOVE FOR DAVID
46
THE COST OF A LIE
47
A SOLDIER WHO SPARED HIS ENEMY
48
ABIGAIL'S SENSIBLE ADVICE
49
MAKING THE BEST OF TROUBLE
50
THE DEATH OF TWO BRAVE WARRIORS
51
A SHEPHERD BOY WHO WAS CALLED TO LEAD A NATION
52
JERUSALEM MADE THE CAPITAL CITY
53
DAVID'S KINDNESS TO JONATHAN'S SON
54
A RICH MAN WHO WAS A THIEF
55
ABSALOM THE UNGRATEFUL SON
56
A BROKEN-HEARTED FATHER
57
HOW SOLOMON BECAME THE RULER OF ISRAEL
58
A YOUNG MAN'S WISE CHOICE
59
BUILDING A GREAT TEMPLE
60
A RULER WHO WRONGED HIS PEOPLE
61
REHOBOAM'S GREAT MISTAKE
62
ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW'S SON
63
THE PROPHET OF FIRE
64
GOD'S LOW WHISPER
65
AHAB THE THIEF
66
MICAIAH'S COURAGE IN TELLING THE TRUTH
67
THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH
68
ELISHA HEALING THE SICK BOY
69
A SLAVE GIRL WHO HELPED HER MASTER
70
ELISHA'S WAY OF TREATING ENEMIES
71
THE END OF AHAB'S SELFISH FAMILY
72
THE BOY JOASH ON THE THRONE OF JUDAH
73
A YOUNG MAN WHO SAID, |SEND ME|
74
JEREMIAH'S CALL TO DO A HARD TASK
75
THE YOUNG JOSIAH AND THE BOOK OF THE LAW
76
THE WRITING OF AN ANCIENT BOOK
77
A PROPHET WHO SAVED A GREAT CITY
78
JEREMIAH'S COURAGE IN DANGER
79
THE SAD FATE OF A GUILTY NATION
80
THE COURAGE OF FOUR CAPTIVES
81
A KING'S STRANGE DREAM
82
THE TEST BY FIRE
83
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
84
DANIEL IN THE LIONS' DEN
85
QUEEN ESTHER'S LOVE FOR HER PEOPLE
86
REBUILDING THE TEMPLE
87
NEHEMIAH'S ANSWER TO A CALL FOR HELP
88
OVERCOMING GREAT DIFFICULTIES
89
A BRAVE KNIGHT
90
JONAH THE NARROW-MINDED PATRIOT
91
THE STORY OF JOB
92
THE KING OF GLORY
93
GOD THE LOVING CREATOR
94
GOD THE LOVING FATHER
95
GOD FROM WHOM ALL GOOD THINGS COME
96
GOD'S GOODNESS AND MERCY
97
GOD THE ALL-SEEING
98
GOD WHO ALWAYS WATCHES OVER HIS PEOPLE
99
GOD WHO PROTECTS FROM ALL DANGER
100
GOD'S PROTECTION OF THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM
101
GOD'S LOVING CARE
102
TRUSTING IN GOD'S CARE
103
A PRAYER OF TRUST
104
SAFETY IN GOD'S CARE
105
GOD OUR REFUGE
106
THE JOY OF WORSHIPPING GOD
107
WHAT GOD ASKS OF THOSE WHO WORSHIP HIM
108
A CALL TO PRAISE GOD
109
THE UNITED SONG OF PRAISE
110
MAN'S PLACE IN GOD'S WORLD
111
THE REWARD OF DOING RIGHT
112
A PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
113
THE REWARDS OF LISTENING TO THE ADVICE OF THE WISE
114
WHAT GOD LIKES AND DISLIKES
115
GOD'S CARE FOR THOSE WHO TRY TO DO RIGHT
116
THE WAY TO BE WELL AND HAPPY
117
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING WILLING TO LEARN
118
HOW TO HONOR YOUR PARENTS
119
THE TROUBLES OF THOSE WHO ARE LAZY
120
THINGS THAT ARE BETTER THAN RICHES
121
RIGHT EATING AND DRINKING
122
THE RIGHT USE OF THE TONGUE
123
THE CONTROL OF THE TEMPER
124
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MODEST
125
BEING GENEROUS AND LOVING
126
JESUS IS BORN AT BETHLEHEM
127
THE WISE MEN BRING GIFTS TO THE YOUNG CHILD
128
THE BOY JESUS ASKS QUESTIONS
129
JOHN THE BAPTIST TELLS OF JESUS' WORK
130
JESUS DECIDES HOW HE WILL DO HIS WORK
131
JESUS WINS DEVOTED FRIENDS
132
THE WEDDING AT CANA
133
THE HEALING OF THE TEN LEPERS
134
HEALING THE MAN AT THE POOL
135
JESUS TALKS WITH A SAMARITAN WOMAN
136
GIVING LIFE TO A WIDOW'S SON
137
JESUS HEALS THE SICK
138
JESUS CURES A MAN WHO CANNOT WALK
139
JESUS MAKES EVEN WRONG-DOERS HIS FRIENDS
140
JESUS FINDS JOY IN ALL HIS WORK
141
JESUS CALMS THE STORM
142
JESUS HEALS A LITTLE GIRL
143
JESUS VISITS HIS OLD HOME
144
JESUS CALLS TOGETHER HIS FRIENDS AND HELPERS
145
WHAT JESUS ASKS OF HIS FRIENDS AND HELPERS
146
THE WAY TO LEARN FROM JESUS
147
THE REWARDS FOR FOLLOWING JESUS' TEACHINGS
148
GOD'S LOVE EVEN FOR SINNERS
149
GOD'S READINESS TO ANSWER PRAYER
150
HOW TO PRAY
151
WHY WE SHOULD TRUST GOD
152
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
153
THE TWO GREAT COMMANDMENTS
154
THE REWARDS OF MODESTY AND UNSELFISHNESS
155
HOW TO USE MONEY
156
DIFFERENT WAYS OF USING TALENTS
157
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
158
THE WAY TO TREAT THOSE WHO WRONG US
159
THE GOLDEN RULE
160
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY HAPPY
161
JESUS SENDS OUT THE FIRST MISSIONARIES
162
JESUS PRAISES JOHN THE BAPTIST
163
JESUS FEEDS THE HUNGRY
164
JESUS TELLS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CLEAN
165
JESUS IS KIND TO A STRANGER
166
JESUS MAKES AN HEROIC CHOICE
167
JESUS IS GLORIFIED
168
JESUS TELLS HOW ONE MAY BECOME GREAT
169
JESUS MAKES THE WICKED ZACCHEUS HIS FRIEND
170
JESUS IS GLADLY WELCOMED BY THE PEOPLE
171
JESUS FIGHTS WRONG IN THE TEMPLE
172
JESUS CONDEMNS THOSE WHO PRETEND TO BE GOOD
173
JESUS WARNS HIS DISCIPLES
174
JESUS CURES A BLIND MAN
175
JESUS TELLS WHAT HE CAME TO DO
176
JESUS BRINGS LAZARUS BACK TO LIFE
177
JESUS PRAISES A WOMAN WHO GAVE HER BEST
178
JESUS EATS THE LAST SUPPER WITH HIS DISCIPLES
179
JESUS ENCOURAGES HIS FRIENDS AND HELPERS
180
JESUS IS SEIZED BY THE MOB
181
JESUS IN THE HANDS OF HIS ENEMIES
182
JESUS IS CRUCIFIED BY HIS ENEMIES
183
JESUS CONQUERS DEATH
184
JESUS WALKS AND TALKS WITH TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES
185
JESUS GIVES HIS LAST COMMANDS TO HIS HELPERS
186
THE HEALING OF THE LAME MAN AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE
187
THE GENEROSITY OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS
188
STEPHEN THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR
189
PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN
190
PETER AND THE ROMAN OFFICER
191
PETER'S ESCAPE FROM PRISON
192
PAUL'S ACCOUNT OF WHAT HE SAW AND HEARD ON HIS WAY TO DAMASCUS
193
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT ANTIOCH
194
PAUL AND BARNABAS IN FOREIGN LANDS
195
WHY PAUL WENT TO MACEDONIA
196
PAUL AND SILAS IN MACEDONIA
197
PAUL'S GREAT SPEECH AT ATHENS
198
PAUL WRITES TO HIS FRIENDS AT THESSALONICA
199
PAUL'S WORK AT CORINTH
200
PAUL WRITES TO HIS FRIENDS IN CORINTH
201
THE NEW LIFE AFTER DEATH
202
WAYS OF SHOWING LOVE
203
PAUL'S TRIALS AND VICTORIES AT EPHESUS
204
PAUL WRITES TO THE CHRISTIANS AT ROME
205
PAUL'S LAST JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM
206
PAUL'S NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
207
A PRISONER WHO PREACHED TO HIS JUDGES
208
PAUL'S SHIPWRECK
209
THE END OF PAUL'S LONG JOURNEY
210
PAUL'S LAST WORDS TO HIS FRIENDS
211
THE MEANING OF FAITH
212
THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING WHAT IS RIGHT
213
THE LOVE THAT MAKES MEN BROTHERS
214
THE GLORY AND HONOR THAT JESUS HAS WON
215
THE REWARD OF THE FAITHFUL
216
THE NEW HEAVEN ON EARTH
217
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