THE BEGINNING OF THINGS. “Away back in the beginning of things God made the sky and the earth we live upon. At first it was all dark, and the earth had no form, but God was building a home for us, and his work went on through six long days, until it was finished as…
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Stories from the Bible
The Child’s Story of the Bible MARY A. LATHBURY Includes the following: CHAPTER I. The Beginning of Things II. The Great Flood III. Abraham—the Father of the Faithful IV. Isaac, the Shepherd Prince V. Jacob, a Prince of God VI. Joseph, the Castaway VII. Joseph, a Servant, a Prisoner and a Saint VIII. Joseph, the…
The Story of Three Wise Kings by Tomie de Paola
Image Credit: Tommie dePaola on Amazon A Word about the Kings “The first written word about the kings appears in the Gopel of St. Matthew. His brief account tells of wise men who went to Bethlehem to honor the child who would become king of the Jews. Matthew does not give them names nor does…
The Primordial Deities of Ancient Greek Mythology
Ancient Greek scholars disagree about when and how some some of the Ancient Greek deities came into being, but most agree that Chaos was there before anything else existed. To the Ancient Greeks, the word “chaos” was more significant than it is for most people today. For the Ancient Greeks Chaos was a God. In…
Ancient Pagan Holidays Celebrated Today–Some of Them Are Celebrated as Christian
When I was a child, kids would come to school with sprigs of mistletoe that they had harvested from trees. Even when I was very young, I would allow the mistletoe-holder to kiss me on the cheek–if he held his woodsy treasure over my head. Since mistletoe could be spotted on the bare limbs of…
Paganism: Its Influence on Christianity
“He who judges the first century by the nineteenth will fall into countless errors. He who thinks that the Christianity of the fourth century was identical with that of the New-Testament period, will go widely astray. He who does not look carefully into the history of religions before the time of Christ, and into the…
The Number 7 and Its Symbolic Significance in the Bible
Several numbers seem to be symbolically signicant in the Bible. The number 12 is echoed in several places, and there were 12 Disciples. The number 12 appears in the Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible in several ways, including: 12 stars In Revelation 12:1, a woman in heaven is depicted with a crown of…
The Story of the Creation of the World from the Lion Illustrated Bible for Children
Image Credit: Amazon “From ancient times, people have looked at the immensity of the world around them and wondered how it all began. The first book of the Bible, the book of Genesis, begins with ancient stories of creation that seek to give an answer. “In the beginning, God created the universe. “At that time,…
The Story of the Creation of the World from The Complete Illustrated Children’s Bible
Image Credit: Amazon Image Credit: Amazon God Makes the World Genesis 1 – 2 Image Credit: Amazon Image Credit: Amazon
The Chaldean Story of the Creation of the World
Image Credit: Britannica CHAPTER I—ANCIENT CHALDÆA ‘The Creation, the Deluge, the history of the gods—The country, its cities its inhabitants, its early dynasties. “In the time when nothing which was called heaven existed above, and when nothing below had as yet received the name of earth,* Apsu, the Ocean, who first was their father, and…