The Triumphal Entry
Jesus and his disciples climb the road toward Jerusalem for Passover. On the Mount of Olives, Jesus tells two of them to find a young donkey tied in the next vi
The Tower of Babel
After the flood, the people of the earth all speak one language and live in one place. They settle in a plain called Shinar and decide to build a city with a to
Stephen the Witness
Stephen is one of the first deacons — chosen by the early church to serve widows so the apostles could focus on prayer and preaching. But he is also full of the
The Road to Emmaus
It''s Sunday evening. Two of Jesus'' disciples are walking the seven miles from Jerusalem to a village called Emmaus. They are heartbroken — they had hoped he w
The Resurrection
Jesus has been crucified. His body is wrapped, laid in a stone tomb, and sealed behind a massive rolled stone. Roman soldiers stand guard. His friends scatter,
Pentecost
Fifty days after the resurrection, Jesus'' followers are gathered in an upper room in Jerusalem. They have been praying together for over a week. Suddenly there
Paul's Conversion
Saul is the early church''s worst nightmare. He has watched Stephen die. He has dragged Christians from their homes and thrown them in prison. Now he is on the
Noah's Ark
The world has grown so loud with violence and cruelty that God grieves over what he made. He chooses one family — Noah, his wife Naamah, their three sons and th
The Nativity
Caesar Augustus orders a census, and a young couple from Nazareth has to travel ninety miles south to Bethlehem. Mary is at the end of her pregnancy. They arriv
Moses and the Burning Bush
Moses is eighty years old, herding sheep in the wilderness of Midian. He has spent forty years in a palace and forty years in the desert; he believes his big ch
Joshua and the Walls of Jericho
Jericho is the first city in the Promised Land — and its walls are huge. God gives Joshua the strangest battle plan in history: don''t fight, don''t shout, don'
Joseph's Reunion
The famine has reached Canaan. Jacob sends ten of his sons down to Egypt to buy grain — and they bow before the prime minister without knowing who he really is.
Joseph's Coat and Dreams
Joseph is the favorite son, and everyone knows it. His father Jacob gives him a special coat — long sleeves, bright colors — that his ten older brothers do not
Joseph in Egypt
Sold as a slave, far from home, Joseph keeps doing the right thing. He works hard for his master Potiphar. He refuses to betray him. For that faithfulness he en
Jonah and the Fish
God tells Jonah to go east, to the cruel city of Nineveh, and warn it to repent. Jonah goes west instead — as far west as a boat will take him. A storm comes. T
Gideon's 300
The Midianites have been raiding Israel''s harvests for seven years. Gideon is hiding wheat in a winepress when an angel calls him a "mighty warrior." It takes
Esther: The Reversal
A sleepless king, a forgotten record book, an enemy who arrives at exactly the wrong moment. In one night, everything turns. Haman has built a tall wooden gallo
Esther: Crown and Plot
A Jewish orphan named Esther becomes queen of Persia — and no one at court knows where she comes from. Her cousin Mordecai, who raised her, sits at the king''s
Elijah on Mount Carmel
Three years into the drought, Elijah challenges King Ahab to a contest on Mount Carmel. The 450 prophets of Baal will build an altar; Elijah will build one too.
Elijah and the Ravens
The land is in drought. King Ahab has led Israel into worshiping Baal, and the rain has stopped. God sends the prophet Elijah into hiding by a desert brook — an
Daniel and the Lions' Den
Daniel is an old man now, far from home, working for King Darius in the Persian capital. He has spent a lifetime praying to the God of Israel three times a day
Creation
In the very beginning, before there was anything at all, there was God. With words like songs, he calls the world into being — light and dark, sky and sea, plan
Chariots of Fire
Elijah''s work is done. He has stood against kings, prayed down fire, and taught Elisha — his student and successor — how to walk with God. Now a chariot of fir
Boy Samuel Hears God
Samuel is a small boy who lives in the temple at Shiloh, helping the old priest Eli. One night, three times in a row, he hears a voice calling his name. He thin
Mary's Yes
When the angel Gabriel appears to a young woman in the small town of Nazareth, he carries news that turns the world upside down. Mary, engaged to a carpenter na
Ruth
A famine drives a Hebrew family from Bethlehem to Moab. The father dies. The two sons marry Moabite women. Then the sons die too, leaving the mother Naomi and h
David and Goliath
In the Valley of Elah, two armies stare at each other across a stony brook. A giant named Goliath steps out and dares anyone in Israel to fight him one on one.