Must Know Stories

Must Know Stories - The 10 most iconic stories from the Bible

  • Series: Must Know Stories
  • Publication Date: 09 Mar 2008
  • Readership: Wide appeal to a broad audience: young people, and adults, Christians and non-Christians.
  • Author: Robert Harrison
  • Author Profile: Robert Harrison studied theology at Oxford, then became a church youth worker in Coventry, involved in Christian drama in church and street theatre. After ordination, he was seconded as Religious Programmes Producer of Radio Solent, moving on to become Communications Officer for the Bishop of Willesden and part of the London Diocese Communications Team. For a number of years Robert has been the Vicar of Hillingdon in West London. He is married to Katharine and they have five children.
  • ISBN: 9781844273201
  • Format: BC format paperback , 160 pages
Price: £7.99

An understanding of Bible story is essential to so much of our culture, literature, history, language … Bible references are woven into the fabric of our national, artistic and literary heritage. The tabloids talk of a 'David and Goliath encounter' on the football pitch, a 'Damascus Road experience', a 'lions' den' situation or an 'exodus' of skilled workers. People talk of the need for 'the wisdom of Solomon' or their longing for 'the return of the prodigal'. But increasing Bible illiteracy means we are losing real understanding of such terms.

THE MUST KNOW STORIES are a way of restoring understanding of the importance of 10 key stories in the Bible - 10 stories that have been voted on as essential to our culture and which teachers and parents feel must not be lost to the next generation.

The 10 stories voted (by parents and teachers) as The Must Know Stories are:
1 Creation/ Adam and Eve
2  Noah's ark
3 The 10 Commandments
4 David and Goliath
5 Daniel in the lions' den
6  The birth of Jesus
7  The feeding of the 5000
8 The return of the prodigal son
9 The good Samaritan
10 The death and resurrection of Jesus.

 

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