Bible Studies, Inspired by Faith and Science

It's our final Coffee Break of the season, so what will you do with your "summer break." I know what we'll be doing after the break - continuing with the final six months of Jesus' life, from Tabernacles to Passover; and I'm very much looking forward to it. During the break I hope to finish my 13th Five-Minute Bible-Story book - John's Joy. It's growing nicely now, and I'm looking forward to its release with IFS books. But back to this week's study. It starts with a "small" miracle - a fish for the Temple tax - and ends with cooking and maiming - quite a leap. But perhaps we all have to pay some kind of taxes... And a new kingdom is coming... (51) No Taxation without …? Jesus is bringing in the kingdom, and it’s not at all the kingdom the disciples expect. The time is just a little before the Feast of Tabernacles (final harvest), and by Passover (first fruits) Jesus will be risen from the dead. This lends an urgency to Jesus...

Number seven in the Five Minute Bible Story(TM) Series, Nazareth Neighbors was released yesterday, just in time for Christmas Kindle reading with the kids at bedtime. It's been a long time growing, from seeds of ideas, to cautious wonderings, to a feeling that this really was how I should tell the tale of Jesus' childhood. No mystery boy raising doves from the dead, no traveler roaming the seven seas with his uncle to Cornwall's shore, no mystic strolling through Asia, nor yet a mystery twin hiding in Japan... Nazareth Neighbors is the tale of an extraordinary boy living an ordinary, everyday life, on the streets and in the synagogue school of a tiny town in Israel. From the publisher's blurb: Matthew’s Gospel narrative brings the Holy Family back from Egypt and home to Nazareth in Galilee. He then leaps ahead over twenty-five years and begins his next chapter with John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness. Likewise, Luke sends them to Nazareth assuring us t...

There's an amazing Christmas book fair going on, with ebooks for everyone in every genre under the winter sun. Just head on over to https://www.facebook.com/events/663323370357638/ , or meet me on the aisle in: Historical fiction: https://www.facebook.com/events/1440129232877798/ Children's fiction: https://www.facebook.com/events/417184175077529/ Christian/Inspirational: https://www.facebook.com/events/461015540675278/ Holiday: https://www.facebook.com/events/376799832456856/ Of course, the joy of virtual aisles is Bethlehem's Baby can happily stand in more than one place at once. Last weekend I stood and sat behind a table at our local Christmas bazaar, so if I seem a little sleepy it's because I spent too long standing in one place. But lots has happened since then. My Mum's arrived from England. We spent a happy day with me editing and Mum proofreading Nazareth Neighbors, the sequel to Bethlehem's Baby. We put up a Chris...

Welcome Virtual eBook Fair Goers. Don't forget to go back to the fair after reading this and enjoy a wealth of great new excerpts from great new authors. https://www.facebook.com/events/1420232978191668/ Then, please may I invite you to the blog tour for Bethlehem's Baby. You can follow this event on Facebook too: Five Minutes for Bethlehem's Baby Bethlehem's Baby is now available on: Amazon kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EY172MA/ Barnes and Noble nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bethlehems-baby-sheila-deeth/1116985949 Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/bethlehem-s-baby Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/357261 And you can find out more about the Five-Minute Bible Story TM Series on the publisher’s website: http://capearagopress.com/Five-Minute.html Since the tour's already started, I thought I'd make today's post a part of the Blog Tour, and answer the question: How do you write a childr...

Don't miss the Virtual EBook Fair--just click on the image to find it. Bethlehem's Baby will begin its blog tour in October, but I'm numerically and, apparently, calendrically challenged, so watch out for the first post appearing later this month, with a huge thank you to all my kind hosts and the usual cry out for more. Would you like to host me on your blog? Would you publish a guest post from me about these stories of Bethlehem? Click on the image for an excerpt, or enjoy the quotes below from characters in the book: Can you guess where they come into the story? "Let's tax dead people!" "Tell God we're too old to be parents." "Why me?" "Why does God want smelly pigeons?" "Who are you? And how did you get in here?" "God doesn't send angels to bor..." "Why does he have to be Jesus and not Steven or Sam?" "What's a calendar?" "Yes, it's a river....

Are you going to the Virtual EBook Fair? Click on the image above then head through the gates to find lots of reading samples for another Sample Saturday. Or click on this image to read the first few pages of Bethlehem's Baby, available NOW on Amazon Kindle! The link for UK readers is: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bethlehems-Five-Minute-Bible-Series-ebook/dp/B00EY172MA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378565662&sr=8-1&keywords=bethlehem%27s+baby+sheila+deeth#reader_B00EY172MA

Coming soon--Bethlehem's Baby, to be followed by Nazareth Neighbors, Galilee's Gift, and Jerusalem Journey.  Don't the covers look great together! But what about the stories...? See below to sample a story from Bethlehem's Baby. If you like it, would you be interested in reading more and writing a book review? Perhaps you could host a blog tour event during October. Please let me know. My publisher says: " Sheila Deeth's five Old Testament Storybooks have received worldwide acclaim and garnered a #1 ranking in the US, CA, UK, DE, and Japan over the past year.  Bethlehem's Baby will be out next month, to be followed by Nazareth Neighbors, Galilee's Gift and Jerusalem Journey. The book contains 40 short (Five-Minute) stories that follow the Biblical narrative of the birth of Jesus, the visit by the shepherds, the presentation in the Temple, the Wise Men, the flight to Egypt and the Holy Family's return to Nazareth. Filled ...

With apologies for my continued absence from the internet--Bethlehem's Baby is part of my excuse, now entering the final edits phase (and wonderfully illustrated in gorgeous color for the ebook version--huge thanks to my publisher for finding such great images!) Nazareth Neighbors is another part of my excuse. I'm still writing it, but I've finished Part I and edited and re-edited it. I think you'll like it, when it's finally done. I think I'll like it too. Weeds in the garden are another excuse. The sun keeps shining and the weeds keep growing till I'm sure I get two new dandelions for every one I pull out. But, on the plus side, the flowers are growing too and my first ever dahlia has just bloomed! Then there's weeds in the words (editing), weeds in the internet (re-downloading broken programs), weeds in the washing (well, dirt anyway; I'm sure if I left it long enough weeds would grow), and even the occasional slug (not a weed I know) slip...