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, […]
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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
Joel Joel, son of Pethuel, was a native of Judah. Joel, means “Ya is God”, and his book is the second of the twelve Minor Prophets. He was well-educated and he was a gifted poet and one of the books of the Bible is named after him. The Bible’s book of Joel has two main
Job Job is presented as a good and prosperous family man who is beset by Satan with God’s permission with horrendous disasters that take away all that he holds dear, including his offspring, his health, and his property. He struggles to understand his situation and begins a search for the answers to his difficulties. Job
Jeremiah Jeremiah, Hebrew Yirmeyahu (650-570 B.C., Egypt), Hebrew prophet, reformer, and author of a biblical book that bears his name. He was closely involved in the political and religious events of a crucial era in the history of the ancient Near East; his spiritual leadership helped his fellow countrymen survive disasters that included the capture of Jerusalem by