The Story of All Stories: A Story Bible for Young Catholics

Description

The Catholic story Bible you’ve been waiting for! Enter into the most important tale of all: the true story of God’s love for you. Experience the wonder and excitement of salvation history through Emily Stimpson Chapman’s compelling storytelling and Diana Renzina’s beautiful illustrations.

Each chapter is accompanied by the voices of the Church–saints, popes, and Church Fathers–which highlight how every Bible story is a thread in the great tapestry of God’s redemption.
Table of Contents:
Story of All Stories: Table of Contents

How to Use This Book 12
Introduction 14

The Old Testament
Creation 19
The Fall 25
Cain and Abel 31
Noah and the Ark 37
The Tower of Babel 43
Abram Follows God 49
God’s Promise to Abram 55
Abraham and Isaac 61
Jacob and Esau 67
Jacob’s Ladder 73
Joseph 79
Moses 85
The Exodus 91
Sinai 97
The Tabernacle 103
The Promised Land and the Bronze Serpent 109
The Fall of Jericho 115
Deborah and the Judges 121
Ruth 127
Hannah and Samuel 133
Saul 139
David and Goliath 145
David, the Ark, and Bathsheba 151
Solomon 157
The Kingdom Falls 163
Elijah 169
The Prophets 175
Jonah 181
Job 187
Tobit 193
Daniel in the Lions’ Den 199
Esther 205
The Maccabees 211

The New Testament
The Annunciation and the Visitation 221
The Nativity 227
The Presentation and the Wise Men 233
The Boy Jesus in the Temple 239
John the Baptist 245
The Temptation in the Desert 251
Fishers of Men 259
The Wedding at Cana 265
The Miracles of Healing 271
Nicodemus and the Woman at the Well 277
The Sermon on the Mount 283
Jesus Calms the Storm and Frees a Man from Demons 289
Jairus’ Daughter and the Centurion’s Servant 295
Parables of the Kingdom 301
The Death of John the Baptist 307
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand 313
Jesus Walks on Water 319
The Bread of Life 325
Keys of the Kingdom 331
The Transfiguration 337
Stories of Forgiveness 343
The Lost Sheep and the Prodigal Son 349
Greatness in the Eyes of God 355
Parables of Justice 361
The Good Samaritan 369
Jesus Raises Lazarus 375
Jesus Enters Jerusalem 381
Jesus Cleanses the Temple 387
Judas’ Betrayal 393
The Last Supper 399
The Garden of Gethsemane 405
Jesus Before Pilate 411
The Passion, Death, and Burial of Jesus 417
The Risen Lord Appears to Mary Magdalene 425
The Road to Emmaus 431
Jesus Appears to the Disciples 437
The Ascension 443
Pentecost 449
The Ministry of Peter 455
Stephen’s Martyrdom and the Conversion of Saul 461
Philip and the Ethiopian 469
Peter’s Vision 475
Revelation 481