All the Stories of the Bible - Full Length

https://www.btstories.com/revelation-22/ Continued from the previous story As I was looking at the New Jerusalem, the angel showed me the River of Living Water. It was crystal clear and owed out from the throne of God and the Lamb. It owed down the middle of the main street. The Tree of Life was on both sides of the street. It had twelve kinds of fruit and produced a crop each month. All the natio...

https://www.btstories.com/revelation-2011-21/ When the Lamb opened the book, John saw the strange things that were in it—amazing things about our future. He wrote about those things so people could know what he had seen. Near the end, John said… I suddenly realized that everything was new. I looked into the sky and the old heaven no longer existed. There was a new heaven! I looked around and the o...

https://www.btstories.com/johns-visions/ John was exiled to the island of Patmos for being a follower of Jesus and preaching the word of God. On the Lord’s Day, he was worshiping in the Spirit. Suddenly he heard a loud voice behind him. It sounded like a trumpet blast that said, “You are going to see amazing things. Write all of it in a book and send it to the seven churches of Asia.”

https://www.btstories.com/philemon/ Onesimus was a slave who ran away from his master Philemon. He went to Rome and eventually met Paul who led him to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Onesimus stayed with the apostle and helped him in the ministry. Eventually they knew it was time for the “runaway slave” to return to his master. Paul was a personal friend with Philemon, so he wrote a let...

https://www.btstories.com/shipwreck-and-rome/ Continued from the previous story After fourteen days in a fierce storm, Paul’s ship struck a sandbar just off the island of Malta. Everyone got to shore and the local people came out and started helping them. They built a fire because of the rain and cold.

https://www.btstories.com/storm-at-sea/ Arrangements were made for Paul to travel to Rome on cargo ships. He was put in the custody of a Roman officer named Julius. He was kind to Paul and allowed his friends to visit him whenever they were in port. Travel was slow because of storms. After many stops and changing boats several times, they eventually arrived at Fair Haven on the island of Crete. It...

https://www.btstories.com/felix-festus-and-agrippa/ The high priest went to Caesarea along with some elders and a lawyer. They presented their case against Paul before Felix the governor. They said, “This man is a disease to the Jewish people. He causes riots everywhere he goes. Now he has come here and has desecrated our temple.” Paul defended himself. He said, “I did nothing to deserve what was...

https://www.btstories.com/plot-to-kill/ Continued from the previous story The commander wanted to know exactly what had caused the riot near the temple in Jerusalem. So he took Paul before the Jewish council. Paul said, “Brothers, I stand before God with a clear conscience.” Hearing this, the high priest ordered someone to slap him.

https://www.btstories.com/riot-in-jerusalem/ Paul met with the elders of the church in Jerusalem and reported on how Gentiles were turning to Christ. Everyone glorified God when they heard this. But then the elders shared their concerns with Paul. “Jewish Christians think that you’re teaching Jews to abandon the Law of Moses. We need to stop these rumors. Four men have taken a vow to God. They wan...

https://www.btstories.com/going-to-jerusalem/ Paul stayed three months in Corinth. Afterwards he went back to Troas, where he spent a week before starting his trip to Jerusalem. The night before Paul left Troas, he preached to the church on the third floor of a house. He preached for hours—well into the night. A young man sat on a windowsill and soon became very sleepy. Eventually he went to sleep...

https://www.btstories.com/letter-to-romans-2/ Paul continued his letter to the Christians at Rome by saying: Salvation in Christ gives us several benefits. First of all, we’re adopted into a new family. God is our Father. His Spirit lives within us, and we inherit everything that belongs to Jesus.

https://www.btstories.com/letter-to-romans-1/ Paul traveled to Corinth and spent three months there. During this time, he sent this letter to the Christians at Rome. He said: I hear about your faith everywhere I go. I praise God for you all the time. I want to come and invest in your spiritual walk. God made me obligated to share his message with Gentiles everywhere. Therefore I share the Gospel w...

https://www.btstories.com/2nd-letter-to-the-corinthians-2/ This second half of 2 Corinthians is the most personal of all of Paul’s letters. Its purpose is to restore the relationship between him and the church before his upcoming visit. He continued by saying: When I got to Macedonia, I was constantly thinking about you. I still didn’t know how you responded to my letter. But then I found Titus, a...

https://www.btstories.com/2nd-letter-to-the-corinthians-1/ The church at Corinth didn’t respond well to Paul’s first letter, so he sailed across the sea and met with them. That didn’t go well either. He then sent them a very harsh letter—one that’s not included in the Bible. Titus returned with encouraging news on how they took it to heart and repented of their sins. Paul then sent this letter. He...

https://www.btstories.com/1st-letter-to-the-corinthians-2/ Paul started this letter by scolding the church for dividing themselves into groups that judge others. He then dealt with several sins that had found root within the assembly. He went on to say: You asked about several things, so I’ll answer each of them. The first deals with eating meat that has been offered to an idol. Of course we know...

https://www.btstories.com/1st-letter-to-the-corinthians-1/ Paul was in Ephesus when he heard about the problems in the church at Corinth. He immediately wrote this letter. He said: I praise God for you constantly. It’s obvious to all that God has enriched you with spiritual gifts so you can serve him until Christ comes again.

https://www.btstories.com/riot-at-ephesus/ Paul left Antioch and went to Ephesus. When he got there, he found twelve believers. He asked them, “Have you received the Holy Spirit yet?” They were confused and answered, “We haven’t heard of this Holy Spirit.”

https://www.btstories.com/mob-in-corinth/ When Paul arrived in Corinth, he met a Jewish man named Aquila and his wife Priscilla. They were also tent makers, the same as Paul, so they decided to work together. Each week Paul went to the synagogue and talked to the Jews. He explained to them that Jesus was the Messiah. Silas and Timothy finally rejoined him. It was soon after they arrived that the J...

https://www.btstories.com/2nd-letter-to-the-thessalonians/ The Thessalonians loved Paul’s first letter and read it over and over. They talked about the Day of the Lord so much that soon they thought it had already started. Some became extremely concerned about what this meant, while others quit their jobs because they felt the Lord was setting up his kingdom. Soon those who quit their jobs had to...

https://www.btstories.com/1st-letter-to-the-thessalonians/ Paul started a church in Thessalonica, but wasn’t able to spend much time there. Persecution became severe and the Christians insisted on taking him out of the area. So he left Silas and Timothy to help these young Christians. He waited for them in Corinth. He was concerned for this young church because of the persecution they were experie...

https://www.btstories.com/riots-and-laughter/ Paul and Silas and their group traveled to Thessalonica. They spent three weeks reasoning with the Jews, explaining how Messiah needed to come and suffer and then rise from the dead. They said, “Jesus is this Promised One.” Some of the Jews accepted Christ, as well as a large number of Greeks. This upset the other Jews. They became so angry they decide...

https://www.btstories.com/singing-in-jail/ Paul said to Barnabas, “It’s time we visit Galatia and see how the churches are doing.” Barnabas agreed, but wanted to take John Mark along. Paul refused, pointing out that Mark deserted them on the last trip. They couldn’t agree upon this, so they decided to go different directions. Paul chose Silas to go with him.

https://www.btstories.com/letter-to-the-galations/ Teachers from Jerusalem went to the church in Antioch and taught that Gentiles had to obey the Laws of Moses in order to be totally forgiven from their sins. After the Christians in Antioch rejected this doctrine, those same teachers went to Galatia, to the churches Paul and Barnabas had started during their first missionary journey. Paul found ou...

https://www.btstories.com/keeping-jewish-laws/ Jewish teachers from Jerusalem went to Antioch. They started teaching members of the church that a person had to obey Jewish law in order to be saved. Paul and Barnabas were shocked at this teaching and tried to correct it. This only started an argument.

https://www.btstories.com/from-worship-to-stoning/ Paul and Barnabas went to a city called Iconium and preached the message of Christ at the Jewish synagogue. The reactions were extreme. A great number of Jews and Gentiles put their faith in Jesus. But others were offended and eventually stirred up the population against the Christians. Soon the entire city was in an uproar.