Scripture: "Then Jesus became explicit: 'Lazarus died. And I am glad for your sakes that I wasn’t there. You’re about to be given new grounds for believing. Now let’s go to him.'...When Jesus finally got there, he found Lazarus already four days dead. Bethany was near Jerusalem, only a couple...
Scripture: "After this, Jesus appeared again to the disciples, this time at the Tiberias Sea (the Sea of Galilee). This is how he did it: Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed “Twin”), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the brothers Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. Simon Peter announced, 'I’m going fishing.' The...
Scripture: "Lot, who was traveling with Abram, was also rich in sheep and cattle and tents. But the land couldn’t support both of them; they had too many possessions. They couldn’t both live there—quarrels broke out between Abram’s shepherds and Lot’s shepherds. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living on...
Scripture: "One day a man arrived from Baal Shalishah. He brought the man of God twenty loaves of fresh-baked bread from the early harvest, along with a few apples from the orchard. Elisha said, 'Pass it around to the people to eat.' His servant said, 'For a hundred men? There’s not...
Scripture: "One day Jacob was cooking a stew. Esau came in from the field, starved. Esau said to Jacob, 'Give me some of that red stew—I’m starved!' That’s how he came to be called Edom (Red). Jacob said, 'Make me a trade: my stew for your rights as the firstborn.'...