I did not go to church when I was growing up. My parents didn't go and they didn't take us. Not because they didn't believe but because when my mom was growing up her parents made her go and she had a miserable experience with the other kids at her church. SHe hated going so she quit going when she was old enough to make that decision on her own... because of this I don't know the Bible. I own a bible and I know basics of the basic stories...for example...Noah's ark. I know Noah built the ark because God told him a flood was coming. He brought two of each animal on board. It rain for 40 days and 40 nights. And that's pretty much all I know.
Where can I learn more? I want to know the details of the stories I know. Where can I learn the stories without sitting down with a Bible and just reading front to back? Is there a simplified way to learn the stories? In today's language?
2007-10-31 06:50:05 · 14 answers · asked by CareBear 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
First off, find yourself a NIV annotated Study Bible. You may also want to use this booklet as a guide to learn how to understand the inspired Word of God as it was written....... http://www.ucg.org/booklets/UB/
2007-10-31 07:07:34 · answer #1 · answered by TIAT 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hello,
--There is a basic book entitled "MY BOOK OF BIBLE STORIES"--that is basic for young people in that it presents the actual happenings from Genesis to Revelation in story form but it also has Scriptures listed so people can look up the accounts for themselves and for their children if they are old enough to understand!
--It also comes in cassette form and possibly CD!
--It can be obtained at no cost from Jehovah's witnesses locally and if you wish to make a small contribution to our world wide work, you may do so!
--I AM including the introduction to the book which also tries to follow events in their chronology:
*** my My Book of Bible Stories ***
--THIS is a book of true stories. They are taken from the world’s greatest book, the Bible. The stories give you a history of the world from when God began to create until right up to our present day. They even tell about what God promises to do in the future.
--This book gives you an idea of what the Bible is all about. It tells about people of the Bible and the things they did. It also shows the grand hope of everlasting life in a paradise earth that God has given to people.
--There are 116 stories in the book. These are grouped in eight parts. A page at the beginning of each part tells briefly what is found in that part. The stories appear in the order that events occurred in history. This helps you to learn when, in relation to other events, things happened in history.
--The stories are told in simple language. Many of you young children will be able to read them for yourselves. You parents will discover that your smaller children will delight to have these stories read to them over and over again. You will find that this book contains much of interest for young and old alike.
--Bible citations are given at the end of each story. You are encouraged to read these portions of the Bible on which the stories are based."
***Contents
PART 1
CREATION TO THE FLOOD
1 God Begins to Make Things
2 A Beautiful Garden
3 The First Man and Woman
4 Why They Lost Their Home
5 A Hard Life Begins
6 A Good Son, and a Bad One
7 A Brave Man
8 Giants in the Earth
9 Noah Builds an Ark
10 The Great Flood
PART 2
THE FLOOD TO THE DELIVERANCE FROM EGYPT
11 The First Rainbow
12 Men Build a Big Tower
13 Abraham—A Friend of God
14 God Tests Abraham’s Faith
15 Lot’s Wife Looked Back
16 Isaac Gets a Good Wife
17 Twins Who Were Different
18 Jacob Goes to Haran
19 Jacob Has a Big Family
20 Dinah Gets into Trouble
21 Joseph’s Brothers Hate Him
22 Joseph Is Put into Prison
23 Pharaoh’s Dreams
24 Joseph Tests His Brothers
25 The Family Moves to Egypt
26 Job Is Faithful to God
27 A Bad King Rules Egypt
28 How Baby Moses Was Saved
29 Why Moses Ran Away
30 The Burning Bush
31 Moses and Aaron See Pharaoh
32 The 10 Plagues
33 Crossing the Red Sea
PART 3
DELIVERANCE FROM EGYPT TO ISRAEL’S IRST KING
34 A New Kind of Food
35 Jehovah Gives His Laws
36 The Golden Calf
37 A Tent for Worship
38 The 12 Spies
39 Aaron’s Rod Grows Flowers
40 Moses Strikes the Rock
41 The Copper Serpent
42 A Donkey Talks
43 Joshua Becomes Leader
44 Rahab Hides the Spies
45 Crossing the Jordan River
46 The Walls of Jericho
7 A Thief in Israel
48 The Wise Gibeonites
49 The Sun Stands Still
50 Two Brave Women
51 Ruth and Naomi
52 Gideon and His 300 Men
53 Jephthah’s Promise
54 The Strongest Man
55 A Little Boy Serves God
PART 4
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING TO CAPTIVITY IN ABYLON
56 Saul—Israel’s First King
57 God Chooses David
58 David and Goliath
59 Why David Must Run Away
60 Abigail and David
61 David Is Made King
62 Trouble in David’s House
63 Wise King Solomon
64 Solomon Builds the Temple
65 The Kingdom Is Divided
66 Jezebel—A Wicked Queen
67 Jehoshaphat Trusts Jehovah
68 Two Boys Who Live Again
69 A Girl Helps a Mighty Man
70 Jonah and the Big Fish
71 God Promises a Paradise
72 God Helps King Hezekiah
73 Israel’s Last Good King
74 A Man Who Is Not Afraid
75 Four Boys in Babylon
76 Jerusalem Is Destroyed
PART 5
CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON TO REBUILDING OF ERUSALEM’S WALLS
77 They Would Not Bow Down
78 Handwriting on the Wall
79 Daniel in the Lions’ Pit
80 God’s People Leave Babylon
81 Trusting in God’s Help
82 Mordecai and Esther
3 The Walls of Jerusalem
PART 6
BIRTH OF JESUS TO HIS DEATH
84 An Angel Visits Mary
85 Jesus Born in a Stable
86 Men Guided by a Star
87 Young Jesus in the Temple
88 John Baptizes Jesus
89 Jesus Cleans Out the Temple
90 With the Woman at the Well
91 Jesus Teaches on a Mountain
92 Jesus Raises the Dead
93 Jesus Feeds Many People
94 He Loves Little Children
95 The Way Jesus Teaches
96 Jesus Heals the Sick
97 Jesus Comes as King
98 On the Mount of Olives
99 In an Upstairs Room
100 Jesus in the Garden
101 Jesus Is Killed
PART 7
JESUS’ RESURRECTION TO PAUL’S IMPRISONMENT
102 Jesus Is Alive
103 Into a Locked Room
104 Jesus Returns to Heaven
105 Waiting in Jerusalem
106 Set Free from Prison
107 Stephen Is Stoned
108 On the Road to Damascus
109 Peter Visits Cornelius
110 Timothy—Paul’s New Helper
111 A Boy Who Fell Asleep
112 Shipwrecked on an Island
113 Paul in Rome
PART 8
WHAT THE BIBLE FORETELLS COMES TRUE
114 The End of All Badness
115 A New Paradise on Earth
16 How We Can Live Forever
---Study Questions for My Book of Bible Stories
--The questions for each of the 116 stories listed above are found beginning on the page after the end of Story 116.
--I have enjoyed it many a times even if only for its benefit the chronology of events, but it can be informative with the Scriptures referenced, I am 64!
2007-10-31 14:14:13 · answer #2 · answered by THA 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
There is a really good book that's been out for decades, called "The Golden Children's Bible". It's a really big book, but it has a reading level that adults and teens can enjoy. It's got lots of pictures, too. It costs about $20 and you can get it at any Barnes & Noble or other big bookstore. It contains all the bible stories of the OT and the NT, in an easy-to-read format. I just bought one for my daughter, and I finished reading it in 4 days.
2007-10-31 13:56:28 · answer #3 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
There is a book entitled, My Book of Bible Stories. it is especially for children, but adults can also use it. It is basically the Bible in story form and focuses on the main stories of the Bible. eg. Adam and Eve, Noah, Tower of Babel, Joseph, David, Samuel, etc. You can obtain a copy from \
http://watchtower.org
2007-10-31 13:55:50 · answer #4 · answered by Everlasting Life 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
My suggestion would to buy a children's Bible and read it front to back.
The vocabulary may be beneath you but that will help you understand the stories of the Bible.
Better yet, go to a Christian bookstore and ask a sales associate of a book they'd like to recommend.
In the meantime, here are other stories of the Bible:
*Story of Creation
*Mass exodus of Egypt by Moses
*The story of Joseph and his colored coat
*Shadrach, Meshach, and Abenedgo and how they escaped a huge furnace full of fire
*Etc.
2007-10-31 13:55:27 · answer #5 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Get a children's Bible and start there.. if you want to learn more and get more out of it try joining a Bible study group near all the Churches have them now especially main-liners like Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, Episcopalians, and Presbyterians.
2007-10-31 13:59:40 · answer #6 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Dozens of sites offer dozens of ways to learn the basic and more in-depth Bible knowledge.
www.blueletterbible.org is a good one.
type in a phrase or scripture reference, then click on "L" for commentaries.
Look for J. Vernon McGee's audio series as he teaches through the Bible.
His presentations are easy to follow and simply presented.
2007-10-31 14:03:13 · answer #7 · answered by Bob L 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Honestly I don't know the name of the website other than it's Calvary something but do a search on yahoo or google for sunday school lessons. The one's at this Calvary website are informative and they give you all of the scripture references to look up and read the whole stories. Good luck and please feel free to email me anytime.
2007-10-31 13:59:23 · answer #8 · answered by lisaandpathailey 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Bible book stores carry story books for children that has the simplified tales from the bible.
2007-10-31 13:53:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Follow Lion of Judah around for long enough and he'll quote the whole thing.
2007-10-31 14:15:03 · answer #10 · answered by Lucid Interrogator 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋