Accordion

Joshua Joshua was known as “The son of Nun” of the tribe of Ephraim and Moses’ successor.  Moses sent 12 men to spy on Canaan, the “Promised Land,” (Num 13:17), but Joshua and Caleb were the only two who gave an encouraging report and were rewarded with permission to enter Israel with the new generation […]

Joseph Joseph was the first son of the patriarch Jacob and his wife Rachel.She named him Joseph, meaning, “The Lord shall add to me another son” (Gen 30:24). Joseph was the full brother of Benjamin and his half-brothers were Judah, Issachar, Reuben, Levi, Simeon, and Zebulun, the sons of Leah, Jacob’s first wife and Rachel’s

Jonah Jonah was a proud, stubborn, disobedient, unfaithful, grumbler, and altogether a bad-tempered, cantankerous old curmudgeon.  His name “dove.”  He was the son of Amittai, who came from Gath-hepher in Zebulun (called Gittah-hepher). Jonah was the earliest of the prophets and close behind Elisha in his place in the Old Testament. Jonah’s story is told

John the Baptist John the Baptist was the forerunner of Jesus Christ. He was born to the elderly Zechariah and his barren wife Elizabeth (similar to Abraham and Sarah). Elizabeth was a relative of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and both became pregnant a six months apart. (Lk 1:41-42). Both were visited by the angel,

John Bunyan John Bunyan was born in Bedfordshire, England on November 28th, 1628 to his parents Thomas Bunyan and Margaret Bently. He came from a working class family, and he understood poverty, firsthand. Bunyan believed he was a Christian, yet, his early life included quite a bit of moral deprivation. Those that cursed and swore