The Creation of Adam and Eve Just the gist (for small children and others with tiny attention spans): God created Adam and Eve. For those that can handle just a bit more: “Then the Lord formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a …
Creation Just the gist (for small children and others with tiny attention spans): From nothing, God created everything. For those that can handle just a bit more: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the …
Like many parents, I wanted my children to keep the actual meaning of Christmas at the forefront of their mind during Advent. This is no small task living in a culture that is constantly reassigning new meanings to the holiday. The world’s “True Meaning of Christmas” ranges anywhere from: Very often, the whole point of the holiday, …
Last year, I did a daily blog posting of the scriptural journey from Creation to Christmas for 25 days. This year, to make it easier on the not-so-techno-enthused, I put it in book form. Here’s the description: It’s kind-of a Jesse Tree. I’ve seen other Jesse trees include things besides just the family line of …
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King David Just the gist (for small children and others with tiny attention spans): God told the prophet Samuel to anoint David, son of Jesse, causing the Spirit of the Lord to come upon him. At the time, the Israelites were at war with the Philistines. David killed Goliath, the Philistine’s giant warrior. When King Saul died, David …