Daniel

By Katheryn Maddox Haddad

91 pages written in easy-to-read large 16-point font for the early reader. Stories can be understood by four-year-olds and up. 
*At the end of each chapter is "Think & Do" to help the child apply the story to their own life.
*Popular among grandparents & parents, and excellent for homeschoolers. 
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• Language: English
• Publisher: MARK WARNICK
• Release date: Nov 18, 2017
• ISBN: 9781948462587

Katheryn Maddox Haddad

Katheryn Maddox Haddad spends an average of 300 hours researching before she writes a book-ancient historians such as Josephus, archaeological digs so she can know the layout of cities, their language culture and politics. She grew up in the northern United States and now lives in Arizona where she doesn't have to shovel sunshine. She basks in 100-degree weather, palm trees, cacti, and a computer with most of the letters worn off. With a bachelor's degree in English, Bible and social science from Harding University and part of a master's degree in Bible, including Greek, from the Harding Graduate School of Theology, she also has a master's degree in management and human relations from Abilene University. She is author of forty-eight books, both non-fiction and fiction. Her newspaper column appeared for several years in newspapers in Texas and North Carolina ~ Little Known Facts About the Bible ~ and she has written for numerous Christian publications. For several years, she has been sending out every morning a daily scripture and short inspirational thought to some 30,000 people around the world. She spends half her day writing, and the other half teaching English over the internet worldwide using the Bible as textbook. She has taught over 6000 Muslims through World English Institute. Students she has converted to Christianity are in hiding in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Uzbekistan, Somalia, Jordan, Pakistan, and Palestine. "They are my heroes," she declares.

Book preview

1 ~ Israel’s Children

It had now been nearly 2,000 years since God made his promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob whose name God changed to Isra-el.

Abraham died and went to heaven. Isaac and Jacob—Israel—too.  Their children ended up as slaves in Egypt for 400 years. At last, Moses freed them and led them to a land God had promised Abraham, Isaac, and Israel.

But, Israel’s great-great- grandchildren had to make a promise back to God. If they did not do their part, God would not do his part.

What was that promise?  They promised not to become like the people who lived in their Promised Land before them. Those people did terrible things to children and others in their worship to their pretend gods.

In turn, God promised that, if they ever got to be like those bad people, he would let someone else punish the Israel-ites and make them leave the Promised Land.

Well, they kept their promise, but only sometimes. 

For 400 years, God let the Israel-ites have judges rule them. Whenever their judge was good, the people were good. Whenever their judge was bad, the Israel-ites were bad. 

When they were bad, they were as bad as the people who lived in the land before them.

So back and forth they went. Back and forth. Good sometimes. Bad sometimes. Back and forth.

Finally, the Israel-ites said they would be good if God would let them have a king.

So, God let big and tall Saul be their king.  Then he let the shepherd and poet, David, be their king. Then God let wise and rich Solomon be their king.  Then all 3 kings died and went to heaven.

Now what? Would the Israel-ites keep going back and forth, back and forth? Would they be good sometimes and bad sometimes?

Oh, no!

After this, the Israel-ites got worse and worse. Oh, sometimes they were good, but only sometimes. That’s because sometimes they had a good king, but only sometimes. Most of the time they got a bad king and the people became bad.

What were the Israel-ite people doing that was so bad? Let’s count them.

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