Favorite Bible story.

Missy A

What is your favorite Bible story?
Mine's the one about Job. He suffered so much, and his faith never faultered. I admire him so much for how faithful he was. He never cursed God or complained... he only thanked Him.
So what about you? What's yours?:)

BrianCalgary

Moses. Next to Christ he is definitely my hero.

L31mr0d

Yeah the story of Moses journey to the promised land with the Israelites is a good one. But I find the story of Daniel the prophet to be the most interesting, mainly because he lived during some turning points in history and has made prophecies concerning our time today. How he came up from being a captured Israelite in Babylon to being Nebuchadnezzars right hand man for being able to decipher his dreams, whereas his false prophets could not.

Sapien

I like the one where Jephthah burns his daughter as a sacrifice to the Lord for allowing him to eradicate twenty towns of Ammonites. A firm moral lesson, I feel, so relevant in this, our modern age.

Medina

Sapien wrote:

I like the one where Jephthah burns his daughter as a sacrifice to the Lord for allowing him to eradicate twenty towns of Ammonites. A firm moral lesson, I feel, so relevant in this, our modern age.

Not without her permission actually, she gave herself willingly as a sacrifice and so is not different to the thousands of martyrs who sacrificed themselves for God.

Judges 11 (New International Version)
34 When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of tambourines! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, "Oh! My daughter! You have made me miserable and wretched, because I have made a vow to the LORD that I cannot break."

36 "My father," she replied, "you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me just as you promised, now that the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites. 37 But grant me this one request," she said. "Give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry."

38 "You may go," he said. And he let her go for two months. She and the girls went into the hills and wept because she would never marry. 39 After the two months, she returned to her father and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin.

Excelsior

Leaving out the New Testament and the obvious Eden story, I love Gen 15 where Abrahm is told of the Covenant in the form of a contract where God promises to fulfill his side of the deal and humanity's side.

Steveo1983

mines the one about Hosana in his hi-ace

BrianCalgary

Steveo1983 wrote:

mines the one about Hosana in his hi-ace

Poker tour in the Bible?:D

aidan24326

L31mr0d wrote:

But I find the story of Daniel the prophet to be the most interesting, mainly because he lived during some turning points in history and has made prophecies concerning our time today.

What were these prophecies that he made?

UU

Oh, I adore Joseph! You know the story of how Jacob had lots of sons and they sold Joseph as a slave because they were envious of him. That story touched my heart. It is definately my favourite. What made it even more amazing was when Andrew Llyod Webber and Tim Rice made this fantastic biblical story into a colourful, spectacular muscial called "Joesph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat" which is probably the most popular show schools perform. I so want to do that muscial.

neoB

I favour the one about Job. Regardless of what he went through, he did not curse God and die. And it reminds me of whatever happens, it could be so much worse and it encourages me. As well as the one of kind solomon with the two women and the babe. How he determined the real mother. Thought that was awesome. Those are at a tie with me.