Great Men And Women Of The Bible

In this full-color book, favorite characters of the Bible, eight men and eight women, come alive. Dramatic illustrations together with an exciting text make their age-old stories spring off the pages and into the hearts of children and adults.

"Guys, your excuses are over. You keep saying you wish you understood the Bible better. When you try to read it, however, you find yourself complaining you don't understand what is going on. "What has something that happened 2000 (much less 4000) years ago have to do with me or my life?" you ask yourself. Father Martin Pable is about to tell you. Focusing on eleven men in the Bible, the ones (in addition to Jesus) that he considers "great," he explains who they were, their sacred stories, and what they have to teach men today. As for the great women of the Bible, Fr. Pable leaves them for another book. "This one's for you, guys," he says in his Introduction." P. [4] of cover.

Selections from The Bible story volumes.

Heroes are people we look up to and admire, perhaps because of their great feats of strength and courage. The Bible is full of godly heroes who lived lives of courage, faith, and conviction. They were not always men and women of great natural ability. But God has always delighted in taking ordinary people, and using them to do extraordinary things, for Him. These Sunday School lessons are meant to bring these Bible heroes to life, not just so we can admire what they've done, but also to encourage us to know that God might just be calling us to be modern heroes of faith, for Him. We can find courage in reading how God faithfully provided for His heroes of the past. Our faith can grow, as we study time after time where God's hand moved to protect and strengthen them. And we can be resolved that when God calls us, we can be ready to follow in the footprints of the Old and New Testament Heroes of faith.

History tells of women whose love for the Bible shaped its earliest and most prominent teachers. It tells of women who were great theologians, yet whose only students were their children. It tells, time and again, of Christian men who owe much to their godly mothers. Come take a brief look at eleven of them. from the church's earliest days to now.

There were many godly women leaders in the Old and New Testament of the Bible. These leaders include Deborah the prophet and judge, Abigail the wise one, Mary the mother of Jesus, Phoebe the deacon, Esther the Queen, Tabitha full of good works, and Eve the mother of all living. The women leaders of the Bible contributed much to their time and ours. There are many women of today who are contributing much as ministers, deacons, and teachers. God is using godly women like our biblical examples and those referenced from our modern world.