The Story of the Bible

Ezra's Great Bible Class

The Angel by the Altar

The Manger of Bethlehem

The Wise Men

In his Father's House

Prophet in the Wilderness

Jesus in the Desert

The Wedding Feast

The Stranger at the Well

The Boy in Capernaum

A Net Full of Fishes

The Leper and the Man

The Cripple at the Pool

The Sermon on the Mount

The Captain's Servant

Stories Told by the Sea

"Peace, Be Still"

The Girl Raised to Life

A Dancing Girl

The Feast beside the Sea

Answer to Mother's Prayer

Jesus on the Mountain

Child in the Arms of Jesus

The Feast of Tabernacles

The Man with Clay

The Good Samaritan

Lazarus Raised to Life

Some Parables in Perea

The Poor Rich Man

Jesus at Jericho

Palm Sunday

Last Visit of Jesus

The Mount of Olives

The Last Supper

The Olive Orchard

The Crown of Thorns

The Darkest Day

The Brightest Day

Stranger on the Shore

Church of the First Days

The Beautiful Gate

The Right Way to Give

Stephen's Shining Face

The Man in the Chariot

The Voice That Spoke to Saul

What Peter Saw by the Sea

The Iron Gate Was Opened

The Earliest Missionaries

The Song in the Prison

Paul's Speech on the Hill

Paul at Corinth

Paul at Ephesus

Paul's Last Journey

The Speech on the Stairs

Two Years in Prison

The Story Paul Told

Paul in the Storm

How Paul Came to Rome

The Throne of God

The City of God

The Story of a Beautiful Garden

Genesis i: 1, to iii: 24.

This great round world, on which we live, is very old; so old that no one knows when it was made. But long before there was any earth, or sun, or stars, God was living, for God never began to be. He always was. And long, long ago, God spoke, and the earth and the heavens came. But the earth was not beautiful as it is now, with mountains and valleys, rivers and seas, with trees and flowers. It was a great smoking ball, with land and water mingled in one mass. And all the earth was blacker than midnight, for there was no light upon it. No man could have breathed its air, no animals could walk upon it, and no fish could swim in its black oceans. There was no life upon the earth.

While all was dark upon earth, God said, "Let there be light," and then the light began to come upon the world. Part of the time it was light, and part of the time it was dark, just as it is now. And God called the dark time Night, and the light time day. And that was the first day upon this earth after a long night.

Then at God's word, the dark clouds all around the earth began to break, and the sky came in sight, and the water that was in the clouds began to be separate from the water that was on the earth. And the arch of the sky which was over the earth God called Heaven. Thus the night and the morning made a second day.

Then God said, "Let the water on the earth come together in one place, and let the dry land rise up." And so it was. The water that had been all over the world came together, and formed a great ocean, and the dry land rose up from it. And the great water God called Sea, and the dry land he named Earth: and God saw that the Earth and the Sea were both good. Then God said, "Let grass and trees, and flowers, and fruits, grow on the earth." And at once the earth began to be green and bright with grass, and flowers, and trees bearing fruit. This made the third day upon the earth.

Then God said, "Let the sun, and moon, and stars come into sight from the earth." So the sun began to shine by day, and the moon and the stars began to shine in the night. And this was done on the fourth day.

And God said, "Let there be fishes in the sea, and let there be birds to fly in the air." So the fishes, great ones and small, began to swim in the sea; and the birds began to fly in the air over the earth, just as they do now. And this was the fifth day.