Foreword

Why Was Sin Permitted?

Creation: God’s Answer to Evolution

The Predicament of Our First Parents

The Plan of Redemption Is Unveiled

The First Murderer and His Victim

Seth: When Men Turned to God

When the World Was Destroyed by Water

After the Flood, a New Beginning

The Beginning of the Literal Week

When Languages Were Changed

Abraham, the Father of All Believers

Abraham, a Good Neighbor in Canaan

The Offering of Isaac: Test of Faith

The Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah

Isaac’s Marriage: The Happiest in the Bible

Jacob and Esau

Jacob’s Flight and Exile

Jacob’s Terrible Night of Wrestling

Jacob Comes Home

The Amazing Story of Joseph

Joseph and His Brothers

Moses, the Leader of God’s People

The Ten Plagues of Egypt

The First Passover

The Israelites Leave Egypt

Israel Meets With Difficulties

God Gives His Law on Mount Sinai

Israel Worships a Golden Calf

Satan’s Hatred of God’s Law

The Sanctuary: God’s Dwelling Place in Israel

The Sin of Nadab and Abihu

The Grace of Christ and the New Covenant

The Terrible Grumblings of God’s People

Twelve Spies Survey Canaan

Korah Leads a Rebellion

Forty Years of Wandering in the Wilderness

Moses Fails on the Border of Canaan

Why the Long Journey Around Edom?

The Conquest of Bashan

Balaam Tries to Curse Israel

How Balaam Led Israel into Sin

God Teaches His Law to a New Generation

The Death of Moses

Crossing the Jordan

The Miraculous Fall of Jericho

The Blessings and the Curses

A Canaanite Tribe Deceives Israel

Home at Last

The Last Words of Joshua

The Blessing of Tithes and Offerings

God’s Care for the Poor

Annual Feasts of Rejoicing

The Judges, Deliverers of Israel

Samson, the Strongest Yet Weakest Man

God Calls the Child Samuel

Eli and His Wicked Sons

Punishment: The Ark Taken

The Schools of the Prophets

Saul, the First King of Israel

Saul Makes a Terrible Mistake

Saul Rejected as King

David Anointed as King

David Kills Goliath

David Flees

The Noble Spirit of David

Saul Takes His Own Life

Ancient and Modern Spiritualism

David’s Heavy Trial

David Crowned King at Last

The Prosperous Reign of David

David’s Sin of Adultery and His Repentance

The Rebellion of Absalom, David’s Son

A Man After God’s Own Heart