01/01/year	Bible Story - Adam and Eve: When God created the world, he created the first people: Adam and Eve. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
01/08/year	Bible Story - Forbidden Fruit: Tempted by the serpent, Eve and then Adam ate the forbidden fruit, and were expelled from the Garden of Eden. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
01/15/year	Bible Story - Cain and Abel: Cain and abel were the sons of Adam and Eve. Cain committed the first murder on earth when he killed his brother Abel. He Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
01/22/year	Bible Story - Noah and the Ark: Noah built a great ark that saved him, his family, and pairs of animals during the flood that God sent to destroy the earth. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
01/29/year	Bible Story - Tower of Babel: Originally, the people all spoke one language. They were building a tower up to heaven to challenge God. God caused them to speak different languages so that they could not understand one another. As a result, they could not finish the tower. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
02/05/year	Bible Story - Sodom and Gomorrah: When God decided to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah he warned Lot, so that Lot could escape with his family. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
02/12/year	Bible Story - Binding of Isaac: As a test of faith, Abraham was ordered to sacrifice his son, Isaac. Abraham had bound Isaac on the altar when an angel stopped the sacrifice. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
02/19/year	Bible Story - Jacob's Ladder: When Jacob was in the desert, fleeing from his brother Esau, he had a vision of a ladder with the angels of God going up and down the ladder. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
02/26/year	Bible Story - Coat of Many Colors: Jacob favored his son, Joseph, and gave him a "coat of many colors." Jealous, his brothers sold Joseph into slavery, and told their father that Joseph had been killed. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
03/04/year	Bible Story - Coat of Many Colors: Jacob favored his son, Joseph, and gave him a "coat of many colors." Jealous, his brothers sold Joseph into slavery, and told their father that Joseph had been killed. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
03/11/year	Bible Story - Moses in the Bulrushes: In order to rescue her child from Pharaoh's death sentence, Moses's mother set him in a basket of bulrushes in the river Nile. Pharaoh's daughter found the baby in the basket and adopted him. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
03/18/year	Bible Story - The Burning Bush: God spoke to Moses out of a burning bush and told him to return to Egypt in order to set his people free from slavery and lead them to the Promised Land. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
03/25/year	Bible Story - Let My People Go: Pharaoh refused to grant Moses's request to let the people of Israel go free, so God sent plagues upon Egypt until Pharaoh released them. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
04/01/year	Bible Story - Pharaoh's Army: God parted the Red Sea to let Moses and the people cross, and then when Pharaoh's army followed in pursuit, God drowned them in the waters. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
04/08/year	Bible Story - Manna from Heaven: During their forty years in the desert, Moses and his people received "manna from heaven," a mysterious food that fell from the sky at night and had to be collected before it melted in the sun. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
04/15/year	Bible Story - The Golden Calf: While Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments, the people melted their god and created a golden calf that they worshipped. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
04/22/year	Bible Story - Joshua and the Battle of Jericho: Joshua marched his army around the city of Jericho for seven days, and on the seventh day when the trumpets blew and the people shouted, the walls fell down. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
04/29/year	Bible Story - Samson and Delilah: Delilah, a Philistine woman, learned from Samson the secret of his strength. She shaved his head, depriving him of his strength, whereupon he was blinded and taken captive by the Philistines. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
05/06/year	Bible Story - Samson and the Philistines: Samson had been blinded and imprisoned by the Philistines. While in prison, his hair began to grow back and his strength returned so that he was able to shake the pillars of the Philistine temple and destroy it. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
05/13/year	Bible Story - David and Goliath: David, a young shepherd boy, was able to slay the giant Goliath, a Philistine warrior, by using his slingshot and then cut off his head. Read more at ReligiousReading.com and Wikipedia. [Image]
05/20/year	Bible Story - Ahab and Jezebel: Ahab was the king of Israel but his Phoenician wife, Queen Jezebel, persuaded him to worship the god Baal. Elijah denounced them both. Ahab was killed in battle, and Jezebel was thrown out of a window and her body eaten by dogs. Read more at ReligiousReading.com and Wikipedia. [Image]
05/27/year	Bible Story - Chariot of Fire: At the end of his life, the prophet Elijah was taken up to heaven by a whirlwind and a chariot of fire. As he rose up, his cloak fell to the ground, where it was picked up by his successor, Elisha. Read more at ReligiousReading.com and Wikipedia. [Image]
06/03/year	Bible Story - The Fiery Furnace: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused to worship the gods of Babylon, and so King Nebuchadnezzar had them tossed into a furnace of fire but they were protected by an angel and survived the ordeal. Read more at ReligiousReading.com and Wikipedia. [Image]
06/10/year	Bible Story - The Writing on the Wall: King Belshazzar of Babylon saw a hand write mysterious words upon the wall. Daniel interpreted the words to mean that King Belshazzar was doomed. The king was killed that very night. Read more at ReligiousReading.com or Wikipedia. [Image]
06/17/year	Bible Story - Daniel in the Lion's Den: Daniel was faithful to his own God and refused to worship the king of Babylon. He was thrown into a den of lions but the lions did not harm him. Daniel's accusers were then thrown into the den, and the lions devoured them. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
06/24/year	Bible Story - Susannah and the Elders: When Susannah rebuffed two old men who tried to rape her, they accused her of committing adultery with a young man. Daniel interrogated the old men separately and because their accounts did not agree in the details, Susannah was vindicated. Read more at ReligiousReading.com or at Wikipedia. [Image]
07/01/year	Bible Story - Judith and Holofernes: The enemy general, Holofernes, was smitten by Judith's beauty. He invited her into his tent, where she beheaded him and then safely made her escape before his death was discovered. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
07/08/year	Bible Story - Tobias and the Angel: Accompanied by the angel Raphael, Tobias rescued Sarah from a demon and brought her home to be his wife. With the angel's help, Tobias also cured the blindness of his father, Tobit. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
07/15/year	Bible Story - The Patience of Job: Job is a righteous man who loses his possessions, his family and is afflicted with terrible sores. Yet Job will not curse God, and God rewards Job by restoring him to prosperity. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
07/22/year	Bible Story - Jonah and the Whale: The prophet Jonah was thrown into the sea, where he was rescued by a large fish. Jonah prayed to God from the belly of the fish and God commanded the fish to release Jonah so that he could continue God's mission. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
07/29/year	Bible Story - Annunciation: The angel Gabriel visited Mary to announce to her that she would conceive a child who would be the son of God and that his named would be Jesus. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
08/05/year	Bible Story - Nativity: Because there was no room at the inn in Bethlehem, Mary gave birth to Jesus in a stable, and laid him in a manger (food trough for animals), where shepherds came and adored the child. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
08/12/year	Bible Story - Wise Men: Wise men, or "magi," came from the east, following a star that led them to the infant Jesus, to whom they gave gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
08/19/year	Bible Story - Massacre of the Innocents: When Herod learned that a "King of the Jews" was to be born, he ordered that all the young male children in the village of Bethlehem be executed. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
08/26/year	Bible Story - The Baptism of Jesus: John the Baptist lived in the desert and preached the coming of the kingdom of heaven. Jesus came to John and, at Jesus's request, John baptized Jesus in the river Jordan. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
09/02/year	Bible Story - The Head of John the Baptist: John the Baptist denounced the marriage of Herod and Herodias. As a reward for her beautiful dancing, Herod granted Herodias's daughter a wish, and she asked for the head of John the Baptist which she delivered to her mother. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
09/09/year	Bible Story - Temptation of Jesus: When Jesus was fasting in the desert, he was tempted by the devil. The devil offered rewards if Jesus would worship him; Jesus refused. The devil demanded Jesus turn stones into bread, and he refused. The devil wanted proof that angels would save Jesus if he fell, and Jesus refused. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
09/16/year	Bible Story - Water into Wine: While attending a wedding in the village of Cana, the hosts ran out of wine. Jesus then turned water into wine which was served to the wedding guests. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
09/23/year	Bible Story - Lazarus: Lazarus, a friend of Jesus, had died. Jesus had the stone rolled away from the tomb and ordered Lazarus to come out, and Lazarus came out, wrapped in his grave-clothes. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
09/30/year	Bible Story - Walking on Water: Jesus walks across the water to his disciples who have set sail in a boat. Jesus tells Peter to get out of the boat and walk to him on the water, but peter begins to sink and Jesus has to reach out and catch him. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
10/07/year	Bible Story - Loaves and Fishes: When Jesus was preaching to the crowds, there was no food with which to feed the people. Jesus took a few loaves of bread and a couple of fish, blessed the food, and gave it to his disciples who were able to feed thousands of people with the food. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
10/14/year	Bible Story - The Prodigal Son: A young man squandered all the money his father had given him. Desperate and starving, he returned home hoping only to be allowed to be his father's servant. Instead, his father rejoiced at the prodigal son's return, and ordered that a fatted calf be killed for a celebration feast. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
10/21/year	Bible Story - The Good Samaritan: A man was attacked by thieves on the road to Jericho. He was left lying, wounded, by the road. Scorned by his own people who passed him by, he was rescued by a Samaritan who carried him to an inn and arranged for the man's care. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
10/28/year	Bible Story - The Den of Thieves: When Jesus went to the Temple in Jerusalem, he found money changers there and people buying and selling animals. Jesus denounced it as a "den of thieves," and then grabbed a whip, overturned the tables of the moneychangers, and drove them out of the Temple. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
11/04/year	Bible Story - Thirty Pieces of Silver: Judas Isacriot was one of the disciples of Jesus. He was bribed by the high priests with thirty pieces of silver to betray Jesus. Later, Judas hanged himself. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
11/11/year	Bible Story - Last Supper: The last supper was the final meal that Jesus shared with his disciples. During this meal, Jesus took bread and wine, shared it with the disciples, and told them to "do this in remembrance of me." Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
11/18/year	Bible Story - Jesus Arrested: After the Last Supper, Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane where he prayed. Judas arrived with an armed crowd, and Jesus was arrested while his disciples fled. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
11/25/year	Bible Story - Ecce Homo: These are the words used by Pontius Pilate in the Latin Bible when he presented the whipped and beaten Jesus, crowned with thorns, to the crowd, before Jesus was led away to be crucified. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
12/02/year	Bible Story - Crucifixion: Condemned to death, Jesus was led to Calvary (Golgotha) outside Jerusalem and executed on a cross. His body was then taken down from the cross and laid in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
12/08/year	Bible Story - Resurrection: After the body of Jesus had been laid in a tomb, his women followers came to the tomb but found it empty. The resurrected Jesus then appeared to his followers on various occasions, and then ascended to heaven. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
12/14/year	Bible Story - Doubting Thomas: Thomas, a disciple of Jesus, said that he would not believe in the resurrected Jesus unless he could touch Jesus's wounds. Jesus appeared to the disciples and told Thomas to reach out and touch the wounds, and Thomas believed. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
12/20/year	Bible Story - Speaking in Tongues: On the day of Pentecost, "tongues of fire" descended on the heads of Jesus's apostles, allowing them to speak in languages they did not know. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]
12/26/year	Bible Story - Road to Damascus: Saul of Tarsus was traveling the road to Damascus, on a mission to persecute Christians there, when he had a blinding vision of Jesus. After this vision, he converted to Christianity. Read more at Wikipedia. [Image]