Bible in a Year with Jack Graham

In this Bible Story, David promises to take down the Philistine giant. David triumphs over Goliath and the Israelites race into battle behind David, and defeat the Philistines. This story is inspired by 1 Samuel 17. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is 1 Samuel 17:45 from the King James Version. Episode 85: Israel and the Philistines were hard at war, camped...

In this Bible Story, God chooses David, a young shepherd boy no older than 17, and is anointed king over Israel by Samuel. David did not know that he was anointed king, for only Samuel and God knew. This story is inspired by 1 Samuel 16. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is 1 Samuel 16:7 from the King James Version. Episode 84: While Samuel was mourning Saul...

In this Bible Story, Saul is rejected as king. His pride, greed, and disobedience lost him the favor of God and Samuel weeps over Saul’s fall. This story is inspired by 1 Samuel 14:47-15:35. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is 1 Samuel 15:23 from the King James Version. Episode 83: Saul led Israel in battle to the point that nations who once oppressed Israe...

In this Bible Story, Jonathan shows bravery against the Philistines by breaking up the enemy’s camp and sending them into a frenzy. Saul capitalizes on Jonathan’s bravery and sends his army in to defeat the Philistines. This story is inspired by 1 Samuel 13-14. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is 1 Samuel 14:12 from the King James Version. Episode 82: As Is...

In this Bible Story, Saul's pride and disobedience begins to show. Although he claims many victories, his attitude against God was muddied by his own pride and anxiety. This story is inspired by 1 Samuel 13. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is 1 Samuel 13:11 from the King James Version. Episode 81: While Samuel was aging and retiring from his role as judge,...

In this Bible Story, Saul rises as king. He leads the Israelites into victory over the Ammonites, and all the people rejoice over their new leader. However, a flickering light of pride dwells within Saul’s heart. This story is inspired by 1 Samuel 11. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is 1 Samuel 11:13 from the King James Version. Episode 80: All was well in...

In this Bible Story, Saul is anointed as the first king of Israel. He's a strong, handsome, and well-built man who stood a foot taller than every other man in Israel. The people rejoice over finally having a king, yet Samuel had warned them that having a king would not be exactly what they envisioned. This story is inspired by 1 Samuel 9-10. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. To...

In this Bible Story, Israel, God’s chosen people, shout and beg for a king to rule over them. Despite Samuel’s warnings, Israel's demands for a king to reign over them completely and protect them from their enemies. This story is inspired by 1 Samuel 7-8. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is 1 Samuel 7:4 from the King James Version. Episode 78: The Ark of Go...

In this Bible Story, God is victorious over the Philistines and returns to Israel. He plagues the Philistines with tumors, and makes it known that he is the God above all other gods. This story is inspired by 1 Samuel 5-6. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is 1 Samuel 5:4 from the King James Version. Episode 77: All of Israel mourned the loss of the Ark as i...

In this Bible Story, Israel is defeated at the hands of the Philistines. Israel summoned the ark of the covenant to the battle field, but the Philistines defeated them and took the ark, and all of Israel mourned the loss of the ark. This story is inspired by 1 Samuel 4. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is 1 Samuel 4:22 from the King James Version. Episode 7...

In this Bible Story, Samuel is introduced. He was attentive to the voice of God, served the Lord and his people selflessly, and was chosen by God to guide Israel in a period of darkness and uncertainty. This story is inspired by 1 Samuel 1-3. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is 1 Samuel 2:30 from the King James Version. Episode 75: In the time of the judges...

In this Bible Story, Ruth gets remarried to Boaz. They have a child named Obed, who would be the grandfather of one of Israel’s greatest kings, David. This story is inspired by Ruth 3-4. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is Ruth 4:6 from the King James Version. Episode 74: Boaz was a kind man, treating his servants, and Ruth, with generosity and blessing. Na...

In this Bible Story, Naomi loses everything because of the death of her husband and two sons, and the only person to remain faithful to her was Ruth, her daughter-in-law. Both Ruth and Naomi venture to Bethlehem, Naomi’s hometown. There, Ruth works the fields of a kind and noble-man named Boaz. This story is inspired by Ruth 1-2. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible...

In this Bible Story, some men from the tribe of Benjamin brutally rape the concubine of a Levite. As a message to the people of Israel, the Levite tore his concubine into pieces, and spread her limbs to all the twelve tribes of Israel. This story is inspired by Judges 19. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is Judges 19:24 from the King James Version. Episode...

In this Bible Story, the tribe of Dan steals idols from the house of Micah, and siege an innocent village. The tribe of Dan found a home at the expense of others, and Israel continued to sin before God. This story is inspired by Judges 17-18. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is Judges 18:6 from the King James Version. Episode 70: Israel was descending into...

In this Bible Story, Samson’s strength and pettiness are on display. He develops a rivalry with the Philistines over his wife, and out of anger and revenge he burns their crops and slaughters 1,000 of their men with the jawbone of a donkey. This story is inspired by Judges 15. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is Judges 15:15 from the King James Version. Epi...

In this Bible Story, Saul seeks to take David’s life. Jealousy and rage fill Saul, and he sends men to murder him, but Jonathan saved David and David escaped to Samuel. This story is inspired by 1 Samuel 19. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is 1 Samuel 19:18 from the King James Version. Episode 87: Saul’s plotting against David has not stopped and Jonathan...

In this Bible Story, Samson’s strength and pettiness are on display. He develops a rivalry with the Philistines over his wife, and out of anger and revenge he burns their crops and slaughters 1,000 of their men with the jawbone of a donkey. This story is inspired by Judges 15. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is Judges 15:15 from the King James Version. Epi...

In this Bible Story, Samson battles with a lion, breaks his vow as a Nazarite, and marries a Philistine woman. His foolishness costs him greatly, and his wife marries another man. This story is inspired by Judges 14. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is Judges 14:14 from the King James Version. Episode 67: Samson, now a grown man, was walking around in the c...

In this Bible Story, Samson is born, and God grooms him to be a mighty judge over Israel against the Philistines. Samson was raised to drink no wine or strong drinks, eat only clean foods, and abstain from cutting his hair. This story is inspired by Judges 13. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is Judges 13:5 from the King James Version. Episode 66: Israel, r...

In this Bible Story, Jephthah makes a promise to God that he would sacrifice the first thing he saw after his battle. Little did he know it would be his daughter. So Jephthah mourned, and was remembered for his foolishness. This story is inspired by Judges 10:6-11:40. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is Judges 11:34 from the King James Version. Episode 65:...

In this Bible Story, Israel desires for a king eventually choosing Abimelech, who ruled over Israel with a cruel fist. When he was seeking to burn down a tower in the middle of a city, a woman dropped a millstone on his head killing him. This story is inspired by Judges 9. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is Judges 9:15 from the King James Version. Episode...

In this Bible Story, Gideon leads Israel’s people into victory over the Midianites with only 300 men. Peace then reigns in the land for over forty years. This story is inspired by Judges 7-8. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is Judges 7:7 from the King James Version. Episode 63: The once cowardly Gideon is now commander of a rather large Israelite army. So...

In this Bible Story, Gideon, a cowardly and weak man, finds strength in God. He is filled with enough bravery to summon an army against the Midianite horde and go into battle. This story is inspired by Judges 6. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is Judges 6:37 from the King James Version. Episode 62: Israel lived in peace for a time, worshiping God for his r...

In this Bible Story, God hears the cries of Israel as he did once in Egypt. Only now, instead of sending Moses, he sends his judges, mighty heroes of great courage, Othniel and Ehud. This story is inspired by Judges 2-3. Go to BibleinaYear.com and learn the Bible in a Year. Today's Bible verse is Judges 3:9 from the King James Version. Episode 60: Joshua and his generation had passed and with them...