Bible English Literature

Brian Godawa, Hollywood screenwriter and novelist, explores the nature of imagination in the Bible. How God subverts pagan religions by appropriating their creativity and redeeming them within a Biblical worldview. Improve your imagination in glorifying God and defending the faith.

A first book of Bible-based micro-tales Fiction Favours the Facts is a collection of the first 22 micro-tales from the Bible Tales Newsletter. Micro-tales? What are they? They are short stories about Bible characters or events. Bible-based fiction - the facts of the Bible rounded out with imaginative detail to help us recognise the lives and feelings of real people. Some are about Bible characters you have never heard of, while others concentrate on an incident in the life of one of the more famous Bible characters.

In The Bible Salesman, Preston Clearwater is scoring cash working a car-theft ring in post-World War II North Carolina. When he picks up 19-year-old Bible salesman Henry Dampier, Preston convinces the kid that he's an FBI spy. And before Henry knows what's up, he finds himself in way over his head with no apparent way out.

Roak has a plan. It is not a good plan. It is not an easy plan. But it is a plan. And with a crew he doesn't want, a nemesis that is always one step ahead, and the power of the Galactic Fleet about to come down on him with all its might, Roak is going to need every ounce of his experience and skill as the galaxy's greatest and deadliest bounty hunter to execute the plan. If his infinite enemies don't execute him first!

Joseph Laribeau was born to be a Marine in the Galactic Fleet. But when the War ended and Joe found himself medically discharged, he never thought he’d find his way again. Except into a bottle of wubloov.

Do you trust in the promises of God you've read in the Bible? Do you live your life by them? In The Promise Code, join trusted Bible teacher O. S. Hawkins as he dives into 40 of those promises, giving them context and meaning. Find the joy and peace that can only come through an understanding...

Theon E. Rex is no ordinary boy. Discovered as an infant in a symbol-riddled well near Manor Clos Lucé, Leonardo Da Vinci’s former residence, he soon manifests extraordinary powers ranging from the stunning to the devastating, attracting the attention of the Vatican and other powerful organizations bent on exploiting or destroying him. Even Satan has designs on Theon. A frantic race ensues across hell and into heaven in hopes of finding a cure to Theon’s explosive curse.

What would the earliest stories of the Bible be like without an angry God smiting humans with floods, fire, frogs, and brimstone? They might become the story of a mother surviving a snake bite and a dangerous pregnancy. Architects and dreamers building towers and boats to save themselves from the harsh desert. A doctor who obsessively cleans. Young gay lovers seeking refuge in the sanctuary cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Some tell of little-known Bible characters, while others concentrate on an incident in the life of one of the more famous Bible characters. Share the experiences of people who met the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel; consider how God’s curse dogged the rebuilding of Jericho; see Jesus as his family saw him; marvel at the faith of a woman who was sure that just touching Jesus’ clothes would heal her. Have you ever wondered how Hosea came to marry a prostitute? Hosea’s Story might offer you an answer, and get you thinking more about the patience of God.

Artist and screenwriter Brian Godawa used to revel in his ability to argue the truth of the gospel, often crushing his opponents in the process. In time, however, he began to realize that winning an argument about the logic of Christianity did not equal persuading people to follow Jesus. What was missing?

The Children's Bible provides, in simple English, a translation of selections from both the Old and the New Testament. These selections have been made as a result of more than 25 years of observation and study. The text is that of the Bible itself, but in the language of a child, so that it may easily be read to younger children and read by those who are older. The immortal stories and songs of the Old and New Testaments are a child's richest inheritance from the past.

Easter celebrates Jesus rising from the dead with the promise of new hope and a new life.

Includes Z-Burbia 4: Cannibal Road, Z-Burbia 5: The Bleeding Heartland, and Z-Burbia 6: Rocky Mountain Die.

Will 50-foot battle mechs be enough against hundreds of thousands of techno-zombies ready to wipe everything living off the scorched map that is the wasteland? Alliances are formed and broken, mech pilots are made and murdered, secrets are revealed and agendas destroyed, and thousands of bodies fall and rise again.

There are many things that we can learn from the birth and life of Moses, who would become a leader of his people.

What can we learn from Joshua? Against all odds, Joshua showed great courage. Joshua prospered because he trusted God with every part of his life.

Around 750 BC, Jonah was commanded by God to go to the city of Nineveh to warn them about their future. God said to Jonah, "Go to the great city of Nineveh and...."

King Darius (duh-RYE-us) ruled over Babylon. He appointed Daniel and other people to help him govern as advisors. The other advisors were jealous of Daniel so they planned a way to get rid of him. These men knew that Daniel worshipped the God of Israel. They told King Darius to make a new law in which people could only worship and pray to King Darius. If anyone worshipped or prayed to other gods, they would be thrown into a den of hungry lions. What will happen to Daniel?

When the zombie apocalypse hits the quiet Asheville, NC, subdivision of Whispering Pines, the residents don't turn to the police or the military. Nope. They rely on their iron-fisted Home Owners Association! Which Jace Stanford and his family aren’t too keen on. Undead hordes are hard enough to deal with in a post-apocalyptic hellscape, who needs HOA fines too?

When Hannah goes to bed on Christmas Eve, the last thing she expects is to wake up in a dusty shed with her brother and a chicken. With no time to search for their parents, Joseph and Mary take the children with them on the road from Nazareth to Bethlehem.