Events
The big moments, start to finish, posted by the people who were there as it happened.
The flood
A world full of violence, one man who walked with God, a boat on dry ground and a year shut inside, told by the family who went in.
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Joseph and his brothers
From a favourite son’s robe to a ruler in Egypt, told by the family, the traders, the servants and the court who were there.
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The night they left
From the last warning to the morning on the far side of the sea, told by the Israelites and Egyptians who were there.
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The walls of Jericho
Two spies on a roof, a river that stops for the priests’ feet, and six days of marching round a city without a word, told by the people on both sides of the wall.
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David and Goliath
Forty days of one man shouting across a valley, and the morning a shepherd boy brought his brothers lunch.
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David and Bathsheba
The spring David stayed home: what he did, what he hid, and what God did about it.
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Fire on Mount Carmel
Three years without rain, one day on a mountain, and a whisper in a cave, told by the people who were there.
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Esther
A feast, a new queen, a man who wouldn’t bow, and a date set by the throw of a lot. Told by the people in Susa as it happened.
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The lions’ den
A new king in Babylon, a law that can’t be changed, a window left open towards Jerusalem and a long night by a sealed stone, as it happened.
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Jonah
A prophet sent east, a ship going west, a storm, a fish, a city that listened and a plant, told by the people who were there.
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The last week
From the plot against him to the empty tomb and beyond, as it happened, by the people who were there.
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A day in Capernaum
Fishermen leave their nets, an evil spirit is told to be quiet in the synagogue, a whole town turns up at one door, and four friends go through a roof.
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One night on the lake
Bad news about John, a boat to nowhere, five loaves on a green hillside, and a long night rowing against the wind.
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The birth
From an old priest struck silent in the temple to a baby in a manger and a boy of twelve in his Father’s house, as it happened.
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Lazarus
A friend falls ill, a message goes out across the Jordan, and four days later a village outside Jerusalem sees something nobody can stop talking about.
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The first days
From an upstairs room of a hundred and twenty to a church scattered across the country, as it happened, by the people who were there.
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The Damascus road
The man hunting Jesus’ followers meets him at noon on the road, as it happened, by the people who were there.
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Midnight in Philippi
Two closed doors, a call across the sea, a riverside prayer meeting and a night in the stocks, as it happened, by the people who were there.
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The shipwreck
Paul the prisoner, a grain ship, fourteen days of storm and an island called Malta, as it happened, by the people on board.
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