LARGE PRINT VERSION. (Also available in regular print and child's version) Mary was too young, Elizabeth too old, Joseph too gullible, the shepherds too smelly, Anna too senile, Simeon too idealistic, Salome too flippant. The wise men should have minded their own business, Zechariah should have accepted he'd never have children. King Herod dared control God, the Bible scholars dared interpret God. Come meet the people who met Jesus. You are one of them. Probably you are several of them. Go ahead and struggle with them as they did. Laugh. Cry. Do mental battle with him. Emotional battle too....

LARGE PRINT VERSION. (Also available in Regular print and Child's Versions.) BOOK 2, DREAM MAKER: Governor Pilate only tolerated his subjects, John the Baptist tried to change them, Satan threw up roadblocks that never seemed to work. Future apostles Andrew was always bringing in outsiders, Philip insisted on proof, and Nathaniel was naive. The temple merchants lived off religion, Nichodemus tried to reform religion, and Peter's mother-in-law dwelt in her religion. The pagan Samaritan searched with hope, the royal official probed with fortitude, the centurion encountered with power. Come meet...

LARGE PRINT VERSION. (Also available in regular print and child's versions.) Book 3, HEARTS AFIRE Future apostles Simon fought Rome and Matthew joined Rome, while Judas seemed the only level-headed one. Zebedee sacrificed his sons, while a widow saw her son return to life. People with demons fell desperately at his feet, while lepers sought him in hopelessness. Hypocrites condemned him; the morally paralyzed fought his forgiveness. Come meet the people who met Jesus. You are one of them. Probably you are several of them. Go ahead and struggle with them as they did. Laugh. Cry. Do mental...

LARGE-PRINT VERSION. (Also available in regular print and child's versions.) BOOK 6: PROMISE KEEPER A traitor praised him, a woman crowned him, foreigners sought him. The world ran after him, Judas ran from him, his apostles deserted him. He held his own funeral service, then begged God to help him keep his promise. The religious leaders were unmasked, and King Herod wrestled with just who Jesus was. Come meet the people who met Jesus. You are one of them. Probably you are several of them. Go ahead and struggle with them as they did. Laugh. Cry. Do mental battle with him. Emotional battle...

LARGE PRINT VERSION. (Also available in regular print and child's versions.) His apostles refused to believe, while Thomas declared him God. Jesus dared and prepared his apostles to conquer the world. He interrupted his own memorial service and renewed five hundred of his closest friendships. He helped his brother, James, over the last faith hurdle, turned the movement over to his apostles, then returned at last to the outstretched arms of his heavenly Father. Religious leaders fought in vain to put out the new church's torch, and Jesus invited the last apostle to visit him in heaven. Life...

LARGE PRINT VERSION. (Also available in regular print and child's versions.) BOOK 7: SHADOW OF DEATH Pilate was cornered by the people, Simon was cornered by the executioners. Jesus writhed in pain on the cross that should have been ours, and invaded hell to provide escape for us. The thieves struggled with their mortality, Joseph struggled with religiosity, the guards struggled with impossibility. Jesus saw the women, pursued Peter, and lifted up the depressed. Come meet the people who met Jesus. You are one of them. Probably you are several of them. Go ahead and struggle with them as they...

The Bible is easy to understand. It is people who make it complicated. These lessons are surveys, not in-depth studies. Despite good intentions, many people in our fast-paced world today find it difficult to find time to learn the Bible. If you are one of these, this book is for you. You will be in and out of the study in no time. The questions are easy. They go right down the line, verse by verse and you just fill in the blank. I used the New International Version (NIV) Bible. Each week is subdivided into days so you need not spend more than about ten minutes a day of learning. Remember,...

Casa Grande, a mining town in Arizona, began mostly as a tent city. The first meeting place of the church of Christ in the city was also a tent. The city began with one street-Main Street-across from the railroad tracks. You will delight to read about when each street we use today opened up, when each building we visit today was built, and when various laws were enacted, such as registering whether or not a citizen had a fan, not bringing guns to town, and driving down only one side of the street. Within these pages, you will find progress the city made each of its first thirty-five years as...

Come meet 100 people who met Jesus. You are one of them. Probably you are several of them. Go ahead and struggle with them as they did. Laugh. Cry. Do mental battle with him. Emotional battle too. Fight for your faith as they fought. Pause to listen for what you've never heard before. Then touch Jesus. This is the story of faith in the impossible. Hope in the inconceivable. Love for the invincible. It is the dreams of youth, the desperations of infirmity, the hopes of age, and the song of eternity. Follow the suspense in their terrorist-dominated world as each person in Jesus' life comes to...

Jesus knows the moment has arrived. The moment when he must take the sins of the whole world onto himself as though he had committed them all personally. The moment when he lets Satan punish him in our place. Impossible? Can he can do it? When he's so weak that he's nearly dead? Especially then Especially then.... First his robe. Aggghhhhh His blood vessels re-open, and the flames of the tormenting furnace raging within him leap out. Merciless. Ruthless. Unforgiving. Jesus' head reels. He rocks back and forth uneasily. Next his sandals. Then his tunic Jesus is abruptly shoved to the ground....