His Young Friends #5

By Dale Weatherford

HIS YOUNG FRIENDS #5 is the fifth in a series of seven chapter books for juvenile readers. This book tells the stories of Dinah, Aaron, Daniel, Gideon, Arial, Hava, and Miriam, who might have known Jesus while he lived on earth in the first century. The characters are fiction, but each chapter contains quotes from the Bible with references. This book is fun to read with lots of colorful pictures. HIS YOUNG FRIENDS teaches that Jesus came to show God’s love to everyone!

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Weatherford
• Release date: May 7, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005782221

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His Young Friends #5

By Dale Weatherford

Copyright © 2021 by Dale Weatherford All rights reserved

All Scripture is taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

Second edition.

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HIS YOUNG FRIENDS

A SERIES OF 7 BOOKS

BY DALE WEATHERFORD

Each book tells the story of children who might have known Jesus while he lived on earth.

Together the 7 books give an overview of the life of Jesus found in the 4 manuscripts that were written in the 1st Century. Quotes from these manuscripts are included in each book.

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An audio version of this book is also available at weath.net

HIS YOUNG FRIENDS #5

The Story of Dinah

Dinah -- Chapter 1

Dinah -- Chapter 2

Dinah -- Chapter 3

Dinah -- Chapter 4

The Story of Aaron, Daniel & Gideon

Aaron, Daniel & Gideon -- Chapter 1

Aaron, Daniel & Gideon -- Chapter 2

Aaron, Daniel & Gideon -- Chapter 3

Aaron, Daniel & Gideon -- Chapter 4

Aaron, Daniel & Gideon -- Chapter 5

Aaron, Daniel & Gideon -- Chapter 6

The Story of Arial, Hava & Miriam

Arial, Hava & Miriam -- Chapter 1

Arial, Hava & Miriam -- Chapter 2

THE STORY OF

DINAH

Chapter 1

Mother, does God love everybody?

Of course, dear.

But does he love everybody the same?

Of course, dear.

But does he love Junos and Cronus?

Of course, dear.

But they aren’t Jewish!

Sometimes Dinah drove her mother crazy with questions. Dinah’s head was filled with questions, and no one would take her seriously because she was a girl. Girls in the first century weren’t supposed to think. Girls were supposed to cook and sew and raise children and say, Of course, dear.

Because she was a girl, she wasn’t allowed to go to school and learn like her older brothers. But Dinah liked to think, and she had thousands of questions.

Dinah got up from her sewing and went to the back courtyard. She had questions and she wanted answers. But she didn’t know where to find them.

She went back into the house to talk with Junos. She wasn’t much older, but she knew so many more things. Junos was Roman and believed there were many gods, and she knew what to do to keep them happy. Maybe Junos would know the answer.

She found Junos sweeping out the living area and dust was flying everywhere. Junos, I have a question.

Not right now, little one. I’ve got to get this room cleaned before your father brings guests home tonight. Later.

It was middle of the afternoon before Dinah caught Junos making bread and free to answer her question. Junos, does God love everybody?

"Well, different gods love different things. Let me think. I’m not sure that the gods love anybody except themselves. I mean, they don’t love people — they expect us to love them. Is that