"Fiction Favours the Facts - Book 3
Yet another collection of 22 Bible-based micro-tales. Some tell of little-known Bible characters, while others concentrate on an incident in the life of one of the more famous Bible characters.
This new collection of short stories visits the lives of Moses, David, Elijah, Jonah, Daniel, Jesus, Paul, Peter and others, often through the eyes of people who knew them. Eleven stories from the Old Testament matched with eleven from the New Testament, using contributions from three authors who love the Bible.
Written by Mark Morgan, Cathy Morgan and Laura Morgan (Bible Tales Online).
Stories included (written by Mark Morgan unless otherwise noted)...
Old Testament stories:
Mother-to-be
On dry ground
I was just thinking…
My son – given to God
Obed-edom
The God of Big Things (by Cathy Morgan)
What I have vowed, I will pay (by Cathy Morgan)
The Prophetess and the Book
Passover Preparations
Habakkuk’s Complaints
Fingers of fear
New Testament stories:
Anna
Preparing the way
A Samaritan Wedding
Drink my blood
A thankful Samaritan
Why won’t she help?
The plot that failed
Guarding the dying
The Tale of Tabitha (by Laura Morgan)
Outrage!
One wet night
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"Terror on Every Side! The Life of Jeremiah: Volume 6 - That Broken Reed (Volume 6 of 6)
Mark Morgan (Bible Tales Online - www.BibleTales.online)
The leaders of the pitiful remnants of Judah's army reject God's command to stay in Judah. Afraid of Nebuchadnezzar and his hordes, they flee to Egypt, taking Jeremiah and Baruch with them - against their will. After making the long journey south, they hope to find peace and safety in Egypt. Yet God's plans have not changed, and Jeremiah is still with them as God's voice - they cannot escape his warnings of a terrifying future. Will they listen this time?
Meanwhile, far away in Babylon, new terrors are brewing: King Nebuchadnezzar has plans for Egypt...
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - Leaving
Chapter 2 - Into the Desert
Chapter 3 - Surprise
Chapter 4 - Brotherhood
Chapter 5 - Blame
Chapter 6 - Companionship
Chapter 7 - At the Border
Chapter 8 - Into Egypt
Chapter 9 - An Interview
Chapter 10 - Tahpanhes
Chapter 11 - Worship
Chapter 12 - Keeping the Sabbath
Chapter 13 - Families
Chapter 14 - Pharaoh's Palace
Chapter 15 - A Visit to Migdol
Chapter 16 - For all the Jews in Egypt
Chapter 17 - The Land of Pathros
Chapter 18 - Responses
Chapter 19 - Back to Memphis
Chapter 20 - News and Scrolls
Chapter 21 - Revolution?
Chapter 22 - Kurene
Chapter 23 - Pharaoh's Negotiator
Chapter 24 - An Unexpected Turn of Events
Chapter 25 - Who is Pharaoh?
Chapter 26 - Hophra Returns
Chapter 27 - What Next?
Chapter 28 - Vindicated
Chapter 29 - Nebuchadnezzar's Throne
Chapter 30 - An Extraordinary Ending
Epilogue - A Great Man
Timeline
Historical Note
The series: Terror on Every Side!
Previous volumes:
Volume 1 - Early Days
Volume 2 - As Good As It Gets
Volume 3 - Darkness Falling
Volume 4 - The Darkness Deepens
Volume 5 - No Remedy"
"A young boy with 11 brothers; favourite of his father; chosen of God.
Joseph, Rachel's son, lived a privileged life in Canaan until his jealous brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt. There, the favourite son learned hardship and faced undeserved punishment.
Overcoming one trial after another, he finally faces the greatest test of all: power over his brothers. When they bow before him – as prophesied so many years before – will he take revenge, or show the forgiveness that comes from God?
Beloved son, envied brother, betrayed slave, hopeless prisoner, ruler of Egypt, but, above all, servant of God – this is Joseph's story.
Mark Morgan (Bible Tales Online – www.BibleTales.online)"
"'Chapter 1 – My Birthday
It was on my seventeenth birthday that I first heard – or felt – God’s voice. In those days, we seemed to have a happy extended family in Anathoth and I was welcome in it. Times are different now…'
From a family of priests in the peaceful reign of good King Josiah, came a young man Jeremiah, bringing words from God to his people. It was no message for the fainthearted, either. It was a message of Terror on Every Side!
A young king and a young prophet. What could they do together for the people of Israel? Could the disaster be averted?
Published by BibleTales.online, this audiobook is the first of 6 volumes leading you through the exciting life of Jeremiah, a prophet in ancient Israel, who delivered warnings of imminent terror for his nation – and lived to see them come true."
"“I was twenty-one years old when the letter arrived. It was the most exciting letter I ever received. Written in my father’s untidy scrawl, it had obviously been sent in the joy of discovery and his happiness showed in every word.
The Book of the Law of God had been found!”
King Josiah hears the words of God and everything starts to change.
Idolatry is forced to take a backward step and the true servants of God have some breathing space.
Let the Passover celebrations begin!
Previous volume:
Volume 1 – Early Days
Subsequent volumes:
Volume 3 – Darkness Falling
Volume 4 – The Darkness Deepens
Volume 5 – No Remedy
Volume 6 – That Broken Reed"
"Terror on Every Side! The Life of Jeremiah: Volume 4 – The Darkness Deepens (Volume 4 of 6)
Mark Morgan (Bible Tales Online – www.BibleTales.online)
Jehoiakim’s body is dumped outside the gates of Jerusalem, and his son Jeconiah reigns briefly over a city under siege.
Jeconiah surrenders and King Nebuchadnezzar takes him to Babylon – as Jeremiah had predicted – along with thousands of others.
Zedekiah promises to be Nebuchadnezzar’s vassal, but is weak and easily led. Will he listen to Jeremiah or to his advisors?
Can Jeremiah survive the sly schemes of his enemies or will the promised disaster overtake them all?
In Judah, the darkness is deepening.
Terror on Every Side! – The series
The words of God came to Jeremiah as a fire, burning within him, and with them, his lifetime mission – a prophet to the nations.
Jeremiah was a prophet of God for over 40 years, warning of judgement on the nation of Judah and all the nations around. Few would listen at all, and fewer still would take him seriously. Jeremiah lived to see the prophecies of destruction come true. No-one would believe his words until it was too late – and then there was Terror on Every Side!
Previous volumes:
• Volume 1 – Early Days?
• Volume 2 – As Good As It Gets?
• Volume 3 – Darkness Falling
Subsequent volumes:
• Volume 5 – No Remedy
• Volume 6 – That Broken Reed"
"Josiah’s tireless work for God continues to the? very end, but can a king really change an unwilling nation?
'Josiah was close to death as the chariot passed out of the valley of Jezreel, and well before the small convoy stopped for the night, the last great king of Judah was dead.'
Josiah’s sons Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim rule after him?, and Judah enters moral free fall.
'As darkness had fallen on me, locked in the stocks, so darkness was falling on Judah.'
But what about the individuals who listened to Josiah and Jeremiah and shared their faith in God? Will God protect them when the Babylonian army arrives?
Terror on Every Side! The Life of Jeremiah: Volume 3 – Darkness Falling (Volume 3 of 6)
Written by Mark Morgan (Bible Tales Online – www.BibleTales.online)
Terror on Every Side! – The series
The words of God came to Jeremiah as a fire, burning within him, and with them, his lifetime mission – a prophet to the nations.
Jeremiah was a prophet of God for over 40 years, warning of judgement on the nation of Judah and all the nations around. Few would listen at all, and fewer still would take him seriously. Jeremiah lived to see the prophecies of destruction come true. No-one would believe his words until it was too late – and then there was Terror on Every Side!
Previous volumes:
• Volume 1 – Early Days
• Volume 2 – As Good As It Gets
Subsequent volumes:
• Volume 4 – The Darkness Deepens
• Volume 5 – No Remedy
• Volume 6 – That Broken Reed"
"Terror on Every Side! The Life of Jeremiah: Volume 5 – No Remedy (Volume 5 of 6)
Mark Morgan (Bible Tales Online – www.BibleTales.online)
No-one would believe Jeremiah's words until it was too late - and then there was Terror on Every Side! The cruel Babylonian army waits outside the city and King Zedekiah can't make up his mind what to do. Jeremiah advises surrender, but has Zedekiah the courage to obey?
Food and water are running out and Jeremiah's enemies blame him for the unfolding disaster. Will the king give them the opportunity they crave to punish Jeremiah?
...and time may be running out too, for if Nebuchadnezzar's soldiers can breach the city walls, what will happen next?
Terror on Every Side! – The series
The exciting but difficult life of Jeremiah – prophet and priest – is presented in this series. Working for God in ancient Israel,many of his struggles reflect our own as we live in the 21st century.
The words of God came to Jeremiah as a fire, burning within him and appointing him a prophet to the nations.
As a prophet of God for over 40 years, Jeremiah warned of the judgement which was to come on Judah and the nations around – yet few would listen. He lived to see most of the devastating prophecies fulfilled around him, but many of his unheeding audience did not.
No-one would believe his words until it was too late – when there was Terror on Every Side!
Previous volumes:
• Volume 1 – Early Days?
• Volume 2 – As Good As It Gets?
• Volume 3 – Darkness Falling
• Volume 4 – The Darkness Deepens
Subsequent volumes:
• Volume 6 – That Broken Reed"
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"Some tell of little-known Bible characters, while others concentrate on an incident in the life of one of the more famous Bible characters.
Share the experiences of people who met the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel; consider how God’s curse dogged the rebuilding of Jericho; see Jesus as his family saw him; marvel at the faith of a woman who was sure that just touching Jesus’ clothes would heal her.
Have you ever wondered how Hosea came to marry a prostitute? Hosea’s Story might offer you an answer, and get you thinking more about the patience of God.
Meet Jacob and his children, King Manasseh, Gehazi, Joseph of Arimathea, Elymas and many others as they recount their experiences for you.
Each micro-tale will give you something to think about.
Interested in more Bible-based micro-tales? Bible Tales Online currently publishes a weekly online newsletter including a new Bible-based micro-tale every two weeks. To sign up for the free newsletter, visit www.BibleTales.online."
"A first book of Bible-based micro-tales
“Fiction Favours the Facts” is a collection of the first 22 micro-tales from the Bible Tales Newsletter.
Micro-tales? What are they? Short stories about Bible characters or events.
Bible-based fiction – the facts of the Bible rounded out with imaginative detail to help us recognise the lives and feelings of real people.
Some are about Bible characters you have never heard of, while others concentrate on an incident in the life of one of the more famous Bible characters.
Cain and Abel, Noah and his family, Moses and Aaron, Daniel, Ebed-Melech, Mark, Peter, Paul and Silas and Judas Iscariot share their experiences with us. Lives from long ago are made real so that we can share their difficulties, triumphs and failures – and expand our own understanding of what makes our life worthwhile to God.
In “Fiction Favours the Facts” Old Testament heroes interact with ordinary people and we learn their lessons of hospitality and faith.
Even the life of the most famous traitor – Judas Iscariot – is opened for us to look at in a possible reconstruction of how he became a traitor.
A wide variety of Biblical characters walk across the pages of this book and each micro-tale gives us something to think about. Lives presented by the Bible in just a few words are thoughtfully expanded, tinted with colour and life – but without straying from God’s word.
Old Testament:
Cain’s confessions
A Blissful Silence
An afternoon at the well
The Golden Calf
Confessions of a Dancer-Snatcher
Achish – What might have been…
Another three today
The widow of Zarephath
185,000 times 55
El or Bel?
I’m incistern on this!
New Testament:
No more waiting
Follow me!
The Wind and the Waves are Real
To go or not to go?
A gift for God
I’m glad it was dark!
He promised us life
Here is your mother
A Vacant Place
The Ethiopian Eunuch
Praise can open doors"
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