The Message Bible

Preface: To The Reader

Introduction To The Message

Introduction To The Books Of Moses

Introduction Genesis

Genesis 1 Heaven And Earth

Genesis 2

Genesis 3

Genesis 4

Genesis 5 The Family Tree Of The Human Race

Genesis 6 Giants In The Land

Genesis 7

Genesis 8

Genesis 9

Genesis 10 The Family Tree Of Noah's Sons

"Genesis 11 ""God Turned Their Language Into 'Babble'"""

Genesis 12 Abram And Sarai

Genesis 13

Genesis 14

Genesis 15

Genesis 16

Genesis 17

Genesis 18

Genesis 19

Genesis 20

Genesis 21

Genesis 22

Genesis 23

Genesis 24 Isaac And Rebekah

Genesis 25

Genesis 26

Genesis 27

Genesis 28

Genesis 29

Genesis 30

Genesis 31

Genesis 32

Genesis 33

Genesis 34

Genesis 35

Genesis 36

Genesis 37 Joseph And His Brothers

Genesis 38

Genesis 39

Genesis 40

Genesis 41

Genesis 42

Genesis 43

Genesis 44

Genesis 45

Genesis 46

Genesis 47

Genesis 48

Genesis 49

Genesis 50

Introduction To Exodus

Exodus 1

Exodus 2 Moses

Exodus 3

Exodus 4

Exodus 5 Moses And Aaron And Pharaoh

Exodus 6

Exodus 7

Exodus 8 Strike Two: Frogs

Exodus 9 Strike Five: Animals

Exodus 10 Strike Eight: Locusts

Exodus 11 Strike Ten: Death

Exodus 12

Exodus 13

Exodus 14 The Story And Song Of Salvaltion

Exodus 15

Exodus 16

Exodus 17

Exodus 18

Exodus 19 Mount Sinai

Exodus 20

Exodus 21

Exodus 22

Exodus 23

Exodus 24

Exodus 25 Instructions On The Mountain: The Offerings

Exodus 26 The Dwelling

Exodus 27 The Altar

Exodus 28 The Vestments

Exodus 29 Consecration Of Priests

Exodus 30 The Altar Of Incense

Exodus 31 Besalel And Oholiab

"Exodus 32 ""Make Gods For Us"""

Exodus 33

Exodus 34

Exodus 35 Building The Place Of Worship

Exodus 36

Exodus 37 The Chest

Exodus 39 The Altar Of Whole-Burnt-Offering

Exodus 39

"Exodus 40 ""Moses Finished The Work"""

Introduction Leviticus

Leviticus 1 Whole-Burnt-Offering

Leviticus 2 Grain-Offering

Leviticus 3 The Peace-Offering

Leviticus 4 The Absolution-Offering

Leviticus 5

Leviticus 6

Leviticus 7

Leviticus 8 The Ordination Of Priest

Leviticus 9 The Priests Go To Work

Leviticus 10 Nadab And Abihu

Leviticus 11 Foods

Leviticus 12 Childbirth

Leviticus 13 Infections

Leviticus 14

Leviticus 15 Bodily Discharges

Leviticus 16 The Day Of Atonement

Leviticus 17 Holy Living: Sacrifices And Blood

Leviticus 18 Sex

"Leviticus 19 ""I Am God, Your God"""

Leviticus 20

Leviticus 21 Holy Priests

Leviticus 22

Leviticus 23 The Feasts

Leviticus 24 Light And Bread

"Leviticus 25 ""The Land Will Observe A Sabbath To God"""

Leviticus 26

Leviticus 27 Vows, Dedications, And Redemptions

Introduction Numbers

Numbers 1 Census In The Wilderness Of Sinai

Numbers 2 Marching Orders

Numbers 3 The Levites

Numbers 4 Duties Of The Kohathites

Numbers 5 Some Camp Rules

Numbers 6 Nazirite Vows

Numbers 7 - Offerings for the Dedication

Numbers 8 The Lights

Numbers 9 Passover

Numbers 10 The Two Bugles

Numbers 11 Camp Taberah

Numbers 12 Camp Hazeroth

Numbers 13 Scouting Out Canaan

Numbers 14

Numbers 15 Matters Of Worship

Numbers 16 The Rebels

Numbers 17 Aaron's Staff

Numbers 18 Duties In The Tent Of Testimony

Numbers 19 The Red Cow

Numbers 20 Camp Kadesh

Numbers 21 Hormah

Numbers 22 Balaam

Numbers 23

Numbers 24

Numbers 25 The Orgy At Shittim

Numbers 26 Census On The Plains Of Moab

Numbers 27 The Daughters Of Zelophehad

Numbers 28 Offerings

Numbers 29

Numbers 30 Vows

Numbers 31 The Midianite War

Numbers 32 Tribes East Of The Jordan

Numbers 33 Campsites From Rameses To Jordan-Jericho

Numbers 34 Land Inheritance

Numbers 35 Cities For Levites And Asylum-Cities

Numbers 36 The Daughters Of Zelophehad

Introduction Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 1

Deuteronomy 2

Deuteronomy 3

Deuteronomy 4

Deuteronomy 5 Moses Teaches Israel On The Plains Of Moab

Deuteronomy 6

Deuteronomy 7

Deuteronomy 8

Deuteronomy 9

Deuteronomy 10

Deuteronomy 11

Deuteronomy 12

Deuteronomy 13

Deuteronomy 14

Deuteronomy 15

Deuteronomy 16

Deuteronomy 17

Deuteronomy 18

Deuteronomy 19

Deuteronomy 20

Deuteronomy 21

Deuteronomy 22

Deuteronomy 23

Deuteronomy 24

Deuteronomy 25

Deuteronomy 26

Deuteronomy 27

Deuteronomy 28

Deuteronomy 29 Moses Blesses Israel On The Plains Of Moab

Deuteronomy 30

Deuteronomy 31 The Charge

Deuteronomy 32 The Song

Deuteronomy 33 The Blessing

Deuteronomy 34 The Death Of Moses

Introduction To The History Books

Introduction Joshua

Joshua 1

Joshua 2 Rahab

Joshua 3 The Jordan

Joshua 4

Joshua 5

Joshua 6 Jericho

Joshua 7 Achan

Joshua 8 Ai

Joshua 9 Gibeon

Joshua 10 The Five Kings

Joshua 11

Joshua 12 The Defeated Kings

Joshua 13 The Receiving Of The Land

Joshua 14 Land West Of The Jordan

Joshua 15 Judah

Joshua 16 Joseph

Joshua 17

Joshua 18 The Shiloh Survey

Joshua 19 Simeon

Joshua 20 Asylum-Cities

Joshua 21 Cities For The Levites

Joshua 22

Joshua 23 Joshua's Charge

Joshua 24 The Covenant At Shechem

Introduction Judges

Judges 1

Judges 2

Judges 3

Judges 4 Deborah

Judges 5

Judges 6 Gideon

Judges 7

Judges 8

Judges 09

Judges 10 Tola

Judges 11 Jephthah

Judges 12

Judges 13 Samson

Judges 14

Judges 15

Judges 16

Judges 17 Micah

Judges 18

Judges 19 The Levite

Judges 20

Judges 21 Wives

Introduction Ruth

Ruth 1

Ruth 2

Ruth 3

Ruth 4

Introduction Samuel 1-2

1 Samuel 1 Hannah Pours Out Her Heart To God

1 Samuel 2

"1 Samuel 3 ""Speak, God. I'm Ready To Listen"""

1 Samuel 4 The Chest Of God Is Taken

1 Samuel 5 Threatened With Mass Death

1 Samuel 6 Gold Tumors And Rats

1 Samuel 7

1 Samuel 8 Rejecting God As The King

1 Samuel 9 Saul - Head And Shoulders Above The Crowd

"1 Samuel 10 ""You'll Be A New Person"""

1 Samuel 11

"1 Samuel 12 ""Don't Chase After Ghost-Gods"""

"1 Samuel 13 ""Gods Is Out Looking For Your Replacement"""

1 Samuel 14

1 Samuel 15

1 Samuel 16 God Looks Into The Heart

1 Samuel 17 Goliath

1 Samuel 18 Jonathan And David - Soul Friends

1 Samuel 19 The Black Mood Of Saul

1 Samuel 20 A Covenant Friendship In God's Name

1 Samuel 21 David Pretends To Go Crazy

1 Samuel 22 Saul Murders The Priests Of God

1 Samuel 23 Living In Desert Hideouts

"1 Samuel 24 ""I'm No Rebel"""

1 Samuel 25 To Fight God's Battles

1 Samuel 26 Obsessed With A Single Flea

1 Samuel 27

1 Samuel 28

1 Samuel 29

1 Samuel 30 David's Strength Was In His God

1 Samuel 31 Saul And Jonathan, Dead On The Mountain

Musical Introduction - 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 4 The Murder Of Ish-Bosheth

2 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 7 God's Covenant With David

2 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 9 An Open Table For Mephibosheth

2 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 11 David's Sin And Sorrow

2 Samuel 12

2 Samuel 13

2 Samuel 14

2 Samuel 15

2 Samuel 16

2 Samuel 17

2 Samuel 18

2 Samuel 19 David's Grief For Absalom

2 Samuel 20

2 Samuel 21 Famine And War

2 Samuel 22

2 Samuel 23

2 Samuel 24

Introduction Kings 1-2

1 Kings 1 David

1 Kings 2

1 Kings 3

1 Kings 4

1 Kings 5 International Fame

1 Kings 6

1 Kings 7

1 Kings 8

1 Kings 9

1 Kings 10 The Queen Of Sheba Visits

1 Kings 11

1 Kings 12 Rehoboam

1 Kings 13

1 Kings 14

1 Kings 15 Abijah Of Judah

1 Kings 16

1 Kings 17

1 Kings 18

1 Kings 19 Revenge Of Jezebel

1 Kings 20

1 Kings 21

1 Kings 22

Musical Introduction - 2 Kings

2 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

2 Kings 3 Joram Of Israel

2 Kings 4

2 Kings 5

2 Kings 6

2 Kings 7

2 Kings 8

2 Kings 9 Jehu Of Israel

2 Kings 10

2 Kings 11 Athaliah Of Judah

2 Kings 12 Joash Of Judah

2 Kings 13 Jehoahaz Of Israel

2 Kings 14 Amaziah Of Judah

2 Kings 15 Azariah - (Uzziah) Of Judah

2 Kings 16 Ahaz Of Judah

2 Kings 17 Hoshea Of Israel

2 Kings 18 Hezekiah Of Judah

2 Kings 19

2 Kings 20

2 Kings 21 Manasseh Of Judah

2 Kings 22 Josiah Of Judah

2 Kings 23

2 Kings 24

2 Kings 25

Introduction 1-2 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 1 Israel's Family Tree: The Trunk

1 Chronicles 2 The Family Of Israel (Jacob)

1 Chronicles 3 The Family Of David

1 Chronicles 4 An Appendix To The Family Of Judah

1 Chronicles 5 The Family Of Reuben

1 Chronicles 6 The Family Of Levi

1 Chronicles 7 The Family of Issachar

1 Chronicles 8 The Family Of Benjamin (Continued)

1 Chronicles 9

1 Chronicles 10

1 Chronicles 11 King David

1 Chronicles 12

1 Chronicles 13 David Goes To Get The Chest Of God

1 Chronicles 14 David Builds

1 Chronicles 15 David Worships

1 Chronicles 16

1 Chronicles 17 David Submits And Prays

1 Chronicles 18 David Fights

1 Chronicles 19

1 Chronicles 20

1 Chronicles 21 David, Satan, And Araunah

1 Chronicles 22 David Charges Solomon To Build The Temple

1 Chronicles 23 Preparations For Worship

1 Chronicles 24

1 Chronicles 25 The Musicians For Worship

1 Chronicles 26 The Security Guards

1 Chronicles 27 Military Organizations

1 Chronicles 28 David's Valedictory Address

1 Chronicles 29 They Get Ready To Build

Musical Introduction - 2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 1 King Solomon

2 Chronicles 2 The Temple Construction Begins

2 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 4 Temple Furnishings

2 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 6 Solomon's Dedication And Prayer

2 Chronicles 7 The Temple Dedication

2 Chronicles 8 More On Solomon

2 Chronicles 9

2 Chronicles 10 King Rehoboam

2 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 13 King Abijah

2 Chronicles 14 King Asa

2 Chronicles 15

2 Chronicles 16

2 Chronicles 17 Jehoshaphat Of Judah

2 Chronicles 18

2 Chronicles 19

2 Chronicles 20

2 Chronicles 21 King Jehoram

2 Chronicles 22 King Ahaziah

2 Chronicles 23

2 Chronicles 24 King Joash

2 Chronicles 25 King Amaziah

2 Chronicles 26 King Uzziah

2 Chronicles 27 King Jotham

2 Chronicles 28 King Ahaz

2 Chronicles 29 King Hezekiah

2 Chronicles 30

2 Chronicles 31

2 Chronicles 32

2 Chronicles 33 King Manasseh

2 Chronicles 34 King Josiah

2 Chronicles 35

2 Chronicles 36 King Jehoahaz

Introduction Ezra

"Ezra 1 Cyrus King Of Persia: ""Build The Temple Of God!"""

Ezra 2

"Ezra 3 The Building Begun: ""The Foundation Of The Temple Was Laid"""

Ezra 4 The Building Stopped: Cease Rebuilding In That City

"Ezra 5 The Building Resumed: ""Help The Leaders In The Rebuilding"""

Ezra 6

Ezra 7 Ezra Arrives

Ezra 8

"Ezra 9 Ezra Prays: ""Look At Us...Guilty Before You"""

Ezra 10 Ezra Takes Charge

Introduction Nehemiah

Nehemiah 1

Nehemiah 2

Nehemiah 3

"Nehemiah 4 ""I Stationed Armed Guards"""

"Nehemiah 5 The ""Great Protest"""

"Nehemiah 6 ""i'm Doing A Great Work: I Can't Come Down"""

Nehemiah 7 The Wall Rebuilt: Names And Numbers

Nehemiah 8 Ezra And The Revelation

Nehemiah 9

Nehemiah 10

Nehemiah 11

Nehemiah 12

Nehemiah 13

Introduction Esther

Esther 1

Esther 2

Esther 3

Esther 4

Esther 5

Esther 6

Esther 7

Esther 8

Esther 9

Esther 10

Introduction to the Wisdom Books

Introduction Job

Job 1 A Man Devoted To God

Job 2 The Second Test: Health

Job 3 What's The Point Of Life?

Job 4 Now You're The One In Trouble

Job 5 Don't Blame Fate When Things Go Wrong

Job 6 God Has Dumped The Works On Me

Job 7 There's Nothing To My Life

Job 8 Does God Mess Up?

Job 9 How Can Mere Mortals Get Right With God?

Job 10 To Find Some Skeleton In My Closet

Job 11 How Wisdom Looks From The Inside

Job 12 Put Your Ear To The Earth

Job 13 I'm Taking My Case To God

Job 14 If We Die, Will We Live Again?

Job 15 You Trivialize Religion

Job 16 If You Were In My Shoes

Job 17

Job 18 Plunged From Light Into Darkness

Job 19 I Call For Help And No One Bothers

Job 20 Savoring Evil As A Delicacy

Job 21 Why Do The Wicked Have It So Good?

Job 22 Come To Terms With God

Job 23 I'm Completely In The Dark

Job 24 An Illusion Of Security

Job 25 Even The Stars Aren't Perfect In God's Eyes

Job 26 God Sets A Boundary Between Light and Darkness

Job 27 No Place To Hide

Job 28 Where Does Wisdom Come From?

Job 29 When God Was Still By My Side

Job 30 The Pain Never Lets Up

Job 31 What Can I Expect From God?

Job 32 God's Spirit Makes Wisdom Possible

Job 33

Job 34 It's Impossible For God To Do Evil

Job 34 When God Makes Creation A Classroom

Job 36 Those Who Learn From Their Suffering

Job 37

Job 38 Have You Gotten To The Bottom Of Things?

Job 39

Job 40

Job 41 I Run This Universe

Job 42 I Babbled On About Things Far Beyond Me

Introduction Psalm

Psalm 1

Psalm 2

Psalm 3 A David Psalm, When He Escaped For His Life Absalom, His Son

Psalm 4 A David Psalm

Psalm 5 A David Psalm

Psalm 6 A David Psalm

Psalm 7 A David Psalm

Psalm 8 A David Psalm

Psalm 9 A David Psalm

Psalm 10

Psalm 11 A David Psalm

Psalm 12 A David Psalm

Psalm 13 A David Psalm

Psalm 14 A David Psalm

Psalm 15 A David Psalm

Psalm 16 A David Song

Psalm 17 A David Prayer

Psalm 18 A David Song, Which He Sang TO God After Being Saved From All His Enemies And From Saul

Psalm 19 A David Psalm

Psalm 20 A David Psalm

Psalm 21 A David Psalm

Psalm 22 A David Psalm

Psalm 23 A David Psalm

Psalm 24 A David Psalm

Psalm 25 A David Psalm

Psalm 26 A David Psalm

Psalm 27 A David Psalm

Psalm 28 A David Psalm

Psalm 29 A David Psalm

Psalm 30 A David Psalm

Psalm 31 A David Psalm

Psalm 32 A David Psalm

Psalm 33

Psalm 34 A David Psalm, When He Outwitted Abimelech And Got Away

Psalm 35 A David Psalm

Psalm 36 A David Psalm

Psalm 37 A David Psalm

Psalm 38 A David Psalm

Psalm 39 A David Psalm

Psalm 40 A David Psalm

Psalm 41 A David Psalm

Psalm 42 A Psalm Of The Sons Of Korah

Psalm 43

Psalm 44 A Psalm Of The Sons Of Korah

Psalm 45 A Wedding Song Of The Sons Of Korah

Psalm 46 A Song Of The Sons Of Korah

Psalm 47 A Psalm Of The Sons Of Korah

Psalm 48 A Psalm Of The Sons Of Korah

Psalm 49 A Psalm Of The Sons Of Korah

Psalm 50 An Asaph Psalm

Psalm 51 A David Psalm, After He Was Confronted By Nathan About The Affair With Bathsheba

"Psalm 52 A David Psalm, When Doeg The Edomite Reported To Saul, ""David's At Ahimelech's House."""

Psalm 53 A David Psalm

"Psalm 54 A David Psalm, When The Ziphites Reported To Saul, ""David Is Hiding Out With Us."""

Psalm 55 A David Psalm

Psalm 56 A David Psalm, When He Was Captured By The Philistines In Gath

Psalm 57 A David Psalm, When He Hid In A Cave From Saul.

Psalm 58 A David Psalm

Psalm 59 A David Psalm, When Saul Set A Watch On David's House In Order To Kill Him.

Psalm 60 A David Psalm, When He Fought Against Aram-Naharaim And Aram-Zobah And Joab Killed Twelve Thousand Edomites At The Valley Of Salt.

Psalm 61 A David Psalm

Psalm 62 A David Psalm

Psalm 63 A David Psalm, When He Was Out In The Judean Wilderness

Psalm 64 A David Psalm

Psalm 65 A David Psalm

Psalm 66

Psalm 67

Psalm 68 A David Psalm

Psalm 69 A David Psalm

Psalm 70 A David Prayer

Psalm 71

Psalm 72 A Solomon Psalm

Psalm 73 An Asaph Psalm

Psalm 74 An Asaph Psalm

Psalm 75 An Asaph Psalm

Psalm 76 An Asaph Psalm

Psalm 77 An Asaph Psalm

Psalm 78 An Asaph Psalm

Psalm 79 An Asaph Psalm

Psalm 80 An Asaph Psalm

Psalm 81 An Asaph Psalm

Psalm 82 An Asaph Psalm

Psalm 83 An Asaph Psalm

Psalm 84 A Korah Psalm

Psalm 85 A Korah Psalm

Psalm 86 A David Psalm

Psalm 87 A Korah Psalm

Psalm 88 A Korah Prayer Of Heman

Psalm 89 An Ethan Prayer

Psalm 90 A Prayer Of Moses, Man Of God

Psalm 91

Psalm 92 A Sabbath Song

Psalm 93

Psalm 94

Psalm 95

Psalm 96

Psalm 97

Psalm 98

Psalm 99

Psalm 100 A Thanksgiving Psalm

Psalm 101 A David Psalm

Psalm 102 A Prayer Of One Whose Life Is Falling To Pieces, And Who Lets God Know Just How Bad It Is.

Psalm 103 A David Psalm

Psalm 104

Psalm 105

Psalm 106

Psalm 107

Psalm 108 A David Prayer

Psalm 109 A David Prayer

Psalm 110 A David Prayer

Psalm 111

Psalm 112

Psalm 113

Psalm 114

Psalm 115

Psalm 116

Psalm 117

Psalm 118

Psalm 119

Psalm 120 A Pilgrim Song

Psalm 121 A Pilgrim Song

Psalm 122 A Pilgrim Song Of David

Psalm 123 A Pilgrim Song

Psalm 124 A Pilgrim Song Of David

Psalm 125 A Pilgrim Song

Psalm 126 A Pilgrim Song

Psalm 127 A Pilgrim Song Of Solomon

Psalm 128 A Pilgrim Song

Psalm 129 A Pilgrim Song

Psalm 130 A Pilgrim Song

Psalm 131 A Pilgrim Song

Psalm 132 A Pilgrim Song

Psalm 133 A Pilgrim Song Of David

Psalm 134 A Pilgrim Song

Psalm 135

Psalm 136

Psalm 137

Psalm 138 A David Psalm

Psalm 139 A David Psalm

Psalm 140 A David Psalm

Psalm 141 A David Psalm

Psalm 142 A David Prayer -- When he Was In The Cave

Psalm 143 A David Psalm

Psalm 144 A David Psalm

Psalm 145 David's Praise

Psalm 146

Psalm 147

Psalm 148

Psalm 149

Psalm 150

Introduction Proverbs

Proverbs 1 A Manual For Living

Proverbs 2 Make Insight Your Priority

Proverbs 3 Don't Assume You Know It All

Proverbs 4 Your Life Is At Stake

Proverbs 5 Nothing But Sin And Bones

Proverbs 6 Like a Deer From The Hunter

Proverbs 7 Dressed To Seduce

Proverbs 8 Lady Wisdom Calls Out

Proverbs 9 Lady Wisdom Gives A Dinner Party

Proverbs 10 An Honest Life Is Immortal

Proverbs 11 Without Good Direction, People Lose Their Way

Proverbs 12 If You Love Learning

Proverbs 13 Walk With The Wise

Proverbs 14 A Way That Leads To Hell

Proverbs 15 God Doesn'ts Miss A Thing

Proverbs 16 Everthing With A Place And A Purpose

Proverbs 17 A Whack On The Head Of A Fool

Proverbs 18 Words Kill, Words Give Life

Proverbs 19 If You Quit Listening

Proverbs 20 Deep Water In The Heart

Proverbs 21 God Examines Our Motives

Proverbs 22 The Cure Comes Through Discipline

Proverbs 23

Proverbs 24 Intelligence Outranks Muscle

Proverbs 25 The Right Word At the Right Time

Proverbs 26 Fools Recycle Silliness

Proverbs 27 You Don't Know Tomorrow

Proverbs 28 If You Desert God's Law

Proverbs 29 If People Can't See What God Is Doing

Proverbs 30 God? Who Needs Him?

Proverbs 31 Speak Out For Justice

Introduction Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1 The Quester

Ecclesiastes 2

Ecclesiastes 3 There's A Right Time For Everything

Ecclesiastes 4 Slow Suicide

Ecclesiastes 5 God's In Charge, Not You

Ecclesiastes 6 Things Are Bad

Ecclesiastes 7 Don't Tale Anything For Granted

Ecclesiastes 8

Ecclesiastes 9

Ecclesiastes 10

Ecclesiastes 11

Ecclesiastes 12

Introduction Song of Songs

Song Of Songs 1

Song Of Songs 2

Song Of Songs 3

Song Of Songs 4 The Man

Song Of Songs 5 The Man

Song Of Songs 6 The Chorus

Song Of Songs 7

Song Of Songs 8

Introduction to the Prophets

Introduction Isaiah

Isaiah 1 Quit Your Worship Charades

Isaiah 2 Climb God's Mountain

Isaiah 3 Jerusalem On Its Last Legs

Isaiah 4

Isaiah 5 Looking For A Crop Of Justice

Isaiah 6 Holy, Holy, Holy!

Isaiah 7 A Virgin Willl Bear A Son

Isaiah 8

Isaiah 9 A Child Has Benn Born -- For Us!

Isaiah 10 You Who Legislate Evil

Isaiah 11 A Green Shoot From Jesse's Stump

Isaiah 12 My Strength And Song

Isaiah 13 Babylon Is Dommed!

Isaiah 14 Now You Are Nothing

Isaiah 15 Poignant Cries Reverberate Through Moab

Isaiah 16 A New Government In The David Tradtion

Isaiah 17 Damascus: A Pile Of Dust And Rubble

Isaiah 18 People Mighty And Merciless

Isaiah 19 Anarchy And Chaos And Killing!

Isaiah 20 Exposed To Mockery And Jeers

Isaiah 21 The Betrayer Betrayed

Isaiah 22 A Country Of Cowards

Isaiah 23 It Was All Numbers, Dead Numbers, Profit And Loss

Isaiah 24 The Landscape Will Be A Moonscape

Isaiah 25 God's Hand Rest On This Mountain

Isaiah 26 Stretch The Borders Of Life

Isaiah 27 Selected Grain By Grain

Isaiah 28 God Will Speak In Baby Talk

Isaiah 29 Blind Yourselves So That You See Nothing

Isaiah 30 All Show, No Substance

Isaiah 31 Impressed By Military Mathematics

Isaiah 32 Safe Houses, Quiet Gardens

Isaiah 33 The Ground Under Out Feet Mourns

Isaiah 34 The Fires Burnind Day And Night

Isaiah 35 The Voiceless Break Into Song

Isaiah 36 It's Their Fate That's At Stake

Isaiah 37 The only God There Is

Isaiah 38 Time Spent In Death's Waiting Room

Isaiah 39 There Will Be Nothing Left

Isaiah 40 Prepare For God's Arrival

Isaiah 41 Do You Feel Like A Lowly Worm?

Isaiah 42 God's Servant Will Set Everything Right

Isaiah 43 When You're Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Isaiah 44 Proud To Be Called Israel

Isaiah 45 The God Who Forms Light And Darkness

Isaiah 46 This Is Serious Business, Rebels

Isaiah 47 The Party's Over

Isaiah 48 Tested In The Furnace Of Affliction

Isaiah 49 A Light For The Nations

Isaiah 50 Who Out There Fears God?

Isaiah 51 Committed To Seeking God

Isaiah 52 God is Leading You Out Of Here

Isaiah 53

Isaiah 54 Spread Out! Think Big!

Isaiah 55 Buy Without Money

Isaiah 56 Salvation Is Just Around The Corner

Isaiah 57 Never Tired Of Trying New Religions

Isaiah 58 Your Prayers Won't Get Off The Ground

Isaiah 59 We Long For Light But Sink Into Darkness

Isaiah 60 People Returning For The Reunion

Isaiah 61 Annouce Freedom To All Captives

Isaiah 62 Look, Your Savior Comes!

Isaiah 63 Who Goes There?

Isaiah 64 Can We Be Saved?

Isaiah 65 The People Who Bothered To Reach Out To God

Isaiah 66 Living Worship To God

Introduction Jeremiah

Jeremiah 1 Demolish, And Then Start Over

Jeremiah 2 Israel Was God's Holy Choice

Jeremiah 3 Your Sex-And-Religion Obsessions

Jeremiah 4

Jeremiah 5 Sins Are Piled Sky-High

Jeremiah 6 A City Full Of Lies

Jeremiah 7 The Nation That Wouldn't Obey God

Jeremiah 8

Jeremiah 9

Jeremiah 10 The Stick Gods

Jeremiah 11 The Terms Of This Covenant

Jeremiah 12 What Makes You Think You Can Race Against Horses

Jeremiah 13 People Who Do Only What They Want To Do

Jeremiah 14 Time And Again We've Betrayed God

Jeremiah 15

Jeremiah 16 Can Mortal Manufacture Gods?

Jeremiah 17 The Heart Is Hopelessly Dark And Deceitful

Jeremiah 18 To Worship the Big Lie

Jeremiah 19 Smashing the Clay Pot

Jeremiah 20 Life's Been Nothing but Trouble and Tears

Jeremiah 21 Start Each Day with a Sense of Justice

Jeremiah 22 Walking Out on the Covenant of God

Jeremiah 23 An Authentic David-Branch

Jeremiah 24 Two Baskets of Figs

Jeremiah 25 Don't Follow the God-Fads of the Day

Jeremiah 26 Change the Way You're Living

Jeremiah 27 Harness Yourselves Up to the Yoke

Jeremiah 28 From a Wooden to an Iron Yoke

Jeremiah 29 Plans to Give You the Future You Hope For

Jeremiah 30 Don't Despair, Israel

Jeremiah 32 Killing and Disease Are on Our Doorstep

Jeremiah 33 Things You Could Never Figure Out on Your Own

Jeremiah 34 Freedom to the Slaves

Jeremiah 35 Meeting in God's Temple

Jeremiah 36 Reading God's Message

Jeremiah 37 In an Underground Dungeon

Jeremiah 38 From the Dungeon to the Palace

Jeremiah 39 Bad News, Not Good News

Jeremiah 40 Go and Live Wherever You Wish

Jeremiah 41 Murder

Jeremiah 42 What You Fear Will Catch Up with You

Jeremiah 43 Death! Exile! Slaughter!

Jeremiah 44 The Same Fate Will Fall upon All

Jeremiah 45 God's Piling On the Pain

Jeremiah 46 You Vainly Collect Medicines

Jeremiah 46 You Vainly Collect Medicines

Jeremiah 47 It's Doomsday for Philistines

Jeremiah 48 Get Out While You Can!

Jeremiah 49 You're a Broken-Down Has-Been

Jeremiah 50 Get Out of Babylon as Fast as You Can

Jeremiah 51 Hurricane Persia

Jeremiah 52 The Destruction of Jerusalem and Exile of Judah

Introduction Lamentations

Lamentations 1 Worthless, Cheap, Abject!

Lamentations 2 God Walked Away from His Holy Temple

Lamentations 3 God Locked Me Up in Deep Darkness

Lamentations 4 Waking Up with Nothing

Lamentations 5 Give Us a Fresh Start

Introduction Ezekiel

Ezekiel 1 Wheels Within Wheels, Like a Gyroscope

Ezekiel 2

Ezekiel 3 Warn These People

Ezekiel 4 This Is What Sin Does

Ezekiel 5 A Jealous God, Not to Be Trifled With

Ezekiel 6 Turn Israel into Wasteland

Ezekiel 7 Fate Has Caught Up with You

Ezekiel 8 The Spirit Carried Me in Visions

Ezekiel 9 A Mark on the Forehead

Ezekiel 10 The Temple, Filled with the Presence of God

Ezekiel 11 A New Heart and a New Spirit

Ezekiel 12 Put the Bundle on Your Shoulder and Walk into the Night

Ezekiel 13 People Who Love Listening to Lies

Ezekiel 14 Idols in Their Hearts

Ezekiel 15 Used as Fuel for the Fire

Ezekiel 16 Your Beauty Went to Your Head

Ezekiel 17 The Great Tree is Made Small and the Small Tree is Made Great

Ezekiel 18 Judged According to the Way You Live

Ezekiel 19 A Story of Two Lions

Ezekiel 20 Get Rid of All the Things You've Become Addicted To

Ezekiel 21 A Sword! A Sword

Ezekiel 22 The Scarecrow of the Nations

Ezekiel 23 Wild With Lust

Ezekiel 24 Bring the Pot to a Boil

Ezekiel 25 Acts of Vengeance

Ezekiel 26 As the Waves of the Sea, Surging Against the Shore

Ezekiel 27 Tyre, Gateway to the Sea

Ezekiel 28 The Money Has Gone to Your Head

Ezekiel 29 Never a World Power Again

Ezekiel 30 Egypt on Fire

Ezekiel 31 The Funeral of the Big Tree

Ezekiel 32 A Cloud Across the Sun

Ezekiel 33 You Are the Watchman

Ezekiel 34 When the Sheep Get Scattered

Ezekiel 35 A Pile of Rubble

Ezekiel 36 Back to Your Own Land

Ezekiel 37 Breath of Life

Ezekiel 38 God Against Gog

Ezekiel 39 Call the Wild Animals!

Ezekiel 40 Measuring the Temple Complex

Ezekiel 41

Ezekiel 42

Ezekiel 43 The Meaning of the Temple

Ezekiel 44 Sanctuary Rules

Ezekiel 45 Sacred Space for God

Ezekiel 46

Ezekiel 47 Trees on Both Sides of the River

Ezekiel 48 The Sanctuary of God at the Center

Introduction Daniel

Daniel 1 Daniel Was Gifted by God

Daniel 2 King Nebuchadnezzar's Dream

Daniel 3 Four Men in the Furnace

Daniel 4 A Dream of a Chopped-Down Tree

Daniel 5 The Writing of a Disembodied Hand

Daniel 6 Daniel in the Lions' Den

Daniel 7 A Vision of Four Animals

Daniel 8 A Vision of a Ram and a Billy Goat

Daniel 9 God's Covenant Commitment

Daniel 10 A Vision of a Big War

Daniel 11

Daniel 12 The Worst Trouble the World Has Ever Seen

Introduction Hosea

Hosea 1

Hosea 2

Hosea 3 In Time They'll Come Back

Hosea 4 No One Is Faithful

Hosea 5 They Wouldn't Recognize God If They Saw Him

Hosea 6 Gangs of Priests Assaulting Worshipers

Hosea 7 Despite All the Signs, Israel Ignores God

Hosea 8 Altars for Sinning

Hosea 9 Starved for God

Hosea 10 You Thought You Could Do It All on Your Own

Hosea 11 Israel Played at Religion with Toy Gods

Hosea 12

Hosea 13 Religion Customized to Taste

Hosea 14 Come Back! Return to Your God!

Introduction Joel

Joel 1 Get in Touch with Reality—and Weep!

Joel 2 The Locust Army

Joel 3 God Is a Safe Hiding Place

Introduction Amos

Amos 1

Amos 2

Amos 3 The Lion Has Roared

Amos 4 You Never Got Hungry for God

Amos 5 All Show, No Substance

Amos 6 Those Who Live Only for Today

Amos 7 To Die Homeless and Friendless

Amos 8 You Who Give Little and Take Much

Amos 9 Israel Thrown into a Sieve

Introduction Obadiah

Obadiah

Introduction Jonah

Jonah 1 Running Away from God

Jonah 2 At the Bottom of the Sea

Jonah 3 Maybe God Will Change His Mind

"Jonah 4 ""I Knew This Was Going to Happen!"""

Introduction Micah

Micah 1

Micah 2 God Has Had Enough

Micah 3 Haters of Good, Lovers of Evil

Micah 4 The Making of God's People

Micah 5 The Leader Who Will Shepherd-Rule Israel

Micah 6 What God Is Looking For

Micah 7 Stick Around to See What God Will Do

Introduction Nahum

Nahum 1 God Is Serious Business

Nahum 2 Israel's Been to Hell and Back

Nahum 3 Let the Nations Get Their Fill of the Ugly Truth

Introduction Habakkuk

Habakkuk 1 Justice Is a Joke

Habakkuk 2

Habakkuk 3 God Racing on the Crest of the Waves

Introduction Zephaniah

Zephaniah 1 No Longer Giving God a Thought or a Prayer

Zephaniah 2 Seek God

Zephaniah 3 Sewer City

Introduction Haggai

Haggai 1 Caught Up with Taking Care of Your Own Houses

Haggai 2 This Temple Will End Up Better Than It Started Out

Introduction Zechariah

Zechariah 1

Zechariah 2 Third Vision: The Man with the Tape Measure

Zechariah 3 Fourth Vision: Joshua's New Clothes

Zechariah 4 Fifth Vision: A Lampstand and Two Olive Trees

Zechariah 5 Sixth Vision: The Flying Book

Zechariah 6 Eighth Vision: Four Chariots

"Zechariah 7 ""You're Interested in Religion, I'm Interested in People"""

Zechariah 8 Rebuilding the Temple

Zechariah 9 The Whole World Has Its Eyes on God

Zechariah 10 God's Work of Rebuilding

Zechariah 11

Zechariah 12 Home Again in Jerusalem

Zechariah 13 Washing Away Sins

Zechariah 14 The Day Is Coming!

Introduction Malachi

Malachi 1 No More of This So-Called Worship!

Malachi 2 Desecrating the Holiness of God

Malachi 3 The Master You've Been Looking For

Malachi 4 The Sun of Righteousness Will Dawn

Introduction to the New Testament

Introduction Matthew

Matthew 1

Matthew 2 Scholars from the East

Matthew 3 Thunder in the Desert!

Matthew 4 The Test

Matthew 5 You're Blessed

Matthew 6 The World Is Not a Stage

Matthew 7 A Simple Guide for Behavior

Matthew 8 He Carried Our Diseases

Matthew 9 Who Needs a Doctor?

Matthew 10 The Twelve Harvest Hands

Matthew 11 John the Baptizer

Matthew 12 In Charge of the Sabbath

Matthew 13 A Harvest Story

Matthew 14 The Death of John

Matthew 15 What Pollutes Your Life

Matthew 16 Some Bad Yeast

Matthew 17 Sunlight Poured from His Face

Matthew 18 Whoever Becomes Simple Again

Matthew 19 Divorce

Matthew 20 A Story About Workers

Matthew 21 The Royal Welcome

Matthew 22 The Story of the Wedding Banquet

Matthew 23 Religious Fashion Shows

Matthew 24 Routine History

Matthew 25 The Story of the Virgins

Matthew 26 Anointed for Burial

Matthew 27 Thirty Silver Coins

Matthew 28 Risen from the Dead

Introduction Mark

Mark 1 John the Baptizer

Mark 2 A Paraplegic

Mark 3 Doing Good on the Sabbath

Mark 4 The Story of the Scattered Seed

Mark 5 The Madman

Mark 6 Just a Carpenter

Mark 7 The Source of Your Pollution

Mark 8 A Meal for Four Thousand

Mark 9

Mark 10 Divorce

Mark 11 Entering Jerusalem on a Colt

Mark 12 The Story About a Vineyard

Mark 13 Doomsday Deceivers

Mark 14 Anointing His Head

Mark 15 Standing Before Pilate

Mark 16 The Resurrection

Introduction Luke

Luke 1 The Birth of Jesus

Luke 2 The Birth of Jesus

Luke 3 A Baptism of Life-Change

Luke 4 Tested by the Devil

Luke 5 Push Out into Deep Water

Luke 6 In Charge of the Sabbath

Luke 7 A Place of Holy Mystery

Luke 8

Luke 9 Keep It Simple

Luke 10 Lambs in a Wolf Pack

Luke 11 Ask for What You Need

Luke 12 Can't Hide Behind a Religious Mask

Luke 13 Unless You Turn to God

Luke 14

Luke 15 The Story of the Lost Sheep

Luke 16 The Story of the Crooked Manager

Luke 17 A Kernel of Faith

Luke 18 The Story of the Persistent Widow

Luke 19 Zacchaeus

Luke 20

Luke 21

Luke 22 The Passover Meal

Luke 23 Pilate

Luke 24 Looking for the Living One in a Cemetery

Introduction John

John 1 The Life-Light

John 2 From Water to Wine

John 3 Born from Above

John 4 The Woman at the Well

John 5 Even on the Sabbath

John 6 Bread and Fish for All

John 7

John 8 To Throw the Stone

John 9 True Blindness

John 10 He Calls His Sheep by Name

John 11 The Death of Lazarus

John 12 Anointing His Feet

John 13 Washing His Disciples' Feet

John 14 The Road

John 15 The Vine and the Branches

John 16

John 17 Jesus' Prayer for His Followers

John 18 Seized in the Garden at Night

John 19 The Thorn Crown of the King

John 20 Resurrection!

John 21 Fishing

Acts

Acts 1 To the Ends of the World

Acts 2 A Sound Like a Strong Wind

Acts 3

Acts 4 Nothing to Hide

Acts 5 Ananias and Sapphira

Acts 6 The Word of God Prospered

Acts 7 Stephen, Full of the Holy Spirit

Acts 8 Simon the Wizard

Acts 9 The Blinding of Saul

Acts 10 Peter's Vision

Acts 11 God Has Broken Through

Acts 12 Peter Under Heavy Guard

Acts 13 Barnabas, Saul, and Doctor Know-It-All

Acts 14

Acts 15 To Let Outsiders Inside

Acts 16 A Dream Gave Paul His Map

Acts 17 Thessalonica

Acts 18 Corinth

Acts 19

Acts 20 Macedonia and Greece

Acts 21 Tyre and Caesarea

Acts 22

Acts 23 Before the High Council

Acts 24 Paul States His Defense

Acts 25 An Appeal to Caesar

"Acts 26 ""I Couldn't Just Walk Away"""

Acts 27 A Storm at Sea

Acts 28

Introduction Romans

Romans 1

Romans 2 God Is Kind, but Not Soft

Romans 3

Romans 4 Trusting God

Romans 5 Developing Patience

Romans 6 When Death Becomes Life

Romans 7 Torn Between One Way and Another

Romans 8 The Solution Is Life on God's Terms

Romans 9 God Is Calling His People

Romans 10 Israel Reduced to Religion

Romans 11 The Loyal Minority

Romans 12 Place Your Life Before God

Romans 13 To Be a Responsible Citizen

Romans 14 Cultivating Good Relationships

1 Corinthians 1

Romans 15

Romans 16

Introduction 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 2

1 Corinthians 3

1 Corinthians 4

1 Corinthians 5 The Mystery of Sex

1 Corinthians 6

1 Corinthians 7 To Be Married, to Be Single ...

1 Corinthians 8 Freedom with Responsibility

1 Corinthians 9

1 Corinthians 10

1 Corinthians 11 To Honor God

1 Corinthians 12 Spiritual Gifts

1 Corinthians 13 The Way of Love

1 Corinthians 14 Prayer Language

1 Corinthians 15 Resurrection

1 Corinthians 16 Coming to See You

Introduction 2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 3

2 Corinthians 4 Trial and Torture