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Table of Contents
Information about this Book | 5 |
Foreword | 18 |
Why Was Sin Permitted? | 19 |
Creation: God’s Answer to Evolution | 25 |
The Predicament of Our First Parents | 30 |
The Plan of Redemption Is Unveiled | 38 |
The First Murderer and His Victim | 44 |
Seth: When Men Turned to God | 49 |
When the World Was Destroyed by Water | 56 |
After the Flood, a New Beginning | 64 |
The Beginning of the Literal Week | 67 |
When Languages Were Changed | 71 |
Abraham, the Father of All Believers | 75 |
Abraham, a Good Neighbor in Canaan | 80 |
The Offering of Isaac: Test of Faith | 88 |
The Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah | 96 |
Isaac’s Marriage: The Happiest in the Bible | 104 |
Jacob and Esau | 109 |
Jacob’s Flight and Exile | 114 |
Jacob’s Terrible Night of Wrestling | 121 |
Jacob Comes Home | 126 |
The Amazing Story of Joseph | 133 |
Joseph and His Brothers | 140 |
Moses, the Leader of God’s People | 154 |
The Ten Plagues of Egypt | 164 |
The First Passover | 175 |
The Israelites Leave Egypt | 179 |
Israel Meets With Difficulties | 184 |
God Gives His Law on Mount Sinai | 192 |
Israel Worships a Golden Calf | 201 |
Satan’s Hatred of God’s Law | 211 |
The Sanctuary: God’s Dwelling Place in Israel | 218 |
The Sin of Nadab and Abihu | 228 |
The Grace of Christ and the New Covenant | 231 |
The Terrible Grumblings of God’s People | 238 |
Twelve Spies Survey Canaan | 245 |
Korah Leads a Rebellion | 251 |
Forty Years of Wandering in the Wilderness | 258 |
Moses Fails on the Border of Canaan | 261 |
Why the Long Journey Around Edom? | 266 |
The Conquest of Bashan | 274 |
Balaam Tries to Curse Israel | 278 |
How Balaam Led Israel into Sin | 288 |
God Teaches His Law to a New Generation | 294 |
The Death of Moses | 299 |
Crossing the Jordan | 306 |
The Miraculous Fall of Jericho | 310 |
The Blessings and the Curses | 318 |
A Canaanite Tribe Deceives Israel | 321 |
Home at Last | 325 |
The Last Words of Joshua | 333 |
The Blessing of Tithes and Offerings | 336 |
God’s Care for the Poor | 339 |
Annual Feasts of Rejoicing | 344 |
The Judges, Deliverers of Israel | 349 |
Samson, the Strongest Yet Weakest Man | 360 |
God Calls the Child Samuel | 367 |
Eli and His Wicked Sons | 371 |
Punishment: The Ark Taken | 375 |
The Schools of the Prophets | 384 |
Saul, the First King of Israel | 389 |
Saul Makes a Terrible Mistake | 398 |
Saul Rejected as King | 405 |
David Anointed as King | 411 |
David Kills Goliath | 414 |
David Flees | 419 |
The Noble Spirit of David | 427 |
Saul Takes His Own Life | 436 |
Ancient and Modern Spiritualism | 440 |
David’s Heavy Trial | 444 |
David Crowned King at Last | 449 |
The Prosperous Reign of David | 453 |
David’s Sin of Adultery and His Repentance | 462 |
The Rebellion of Absalom, David’s Son | 469 |
The Sad Results of David’s Sin | 470 |
Rebellion Grows Underground | 471 |
David Finally Acts | 472 |
Some Are Loyal to David in the Crisis | 472 |
When All Looks Dark, David Prays | 473 |
David Knows This Trouble Is the Consequence of His Sin | 474 |
God Does Not Give Absalom Wisdom | 475 |
Hushai Suggests Alternate Plan | 477 |
The Battle that Defeated the Rebellion | 478 |
God’s Judgment on the Rebellion | 479 |
A Man After God’s Own Heart | 481 |
Appendix | 487 |