Anon	The Tower of Babel
Nimrod	Hunter or Emperor?
Arpachshad	A Name Only a Mother Could Love
Lot	Pragmatist or Opportunist?
Lot's Daughters	Bargaining Chips?
Lot's Wife	Inquisitive or Disobedient?
Abraham	A Friend of God
Sarah	Pulling Roots and Moving On

 

Hagar	Lessons from a Maid
Ishmael	All in the Family
Isaac	Courtship with an Objective
Rebecca	Perfection to a Fault
Esau	A Twin With a Lot to Lose
Jacob	The Lineage Carries On
Dinah	When Life Gets Disfunctional
Judah	The Plot Thickens
Joseph	From Pit to Pinnacle

 

Joseph's Brothers	A Motley Crew
Miriam	Big Sister, Big Trouble
Aaron	Forerunner of Organized Religion
Moses	An Insider No Longer
Joshua	An Heir Apparent
Eleazer	Successor High Priest
Caleb	A Spy Rewarded
Rahab	A Harlot Remembered

 

Achan	Sin and Its Consequences
Baalam	A Prophet Without Honor
Othniel	The First Official Judge
Ehud	The Second Judge of Israel
Deborah	Judge, Prophetess, Marshall
Gideon	Almost a King
Abimelech	A King Without Honor
Jephthah	A Mercenary Draftee

 

Samson	Heir Apparent
Micah	Fickle Religion
Eli	Priest and Judge
Samuel	Priest, Prophet and Judge
Ruth	Loyalty Rewarded
Saul	God's Mistake?
Jonathan	Another Look at Loyalty
David	From Shepherd to King

 

Solomon	From Fame to Shame
Rehoboam and Jeroboam	A Divided Kingdom
Abijah to Hoshea	Kings of Judah and Israel
A Casual Chart	Judah and Israel
Ahaz and Ahab	Two Despicable Kings
Hezekiah	A Warrior Reformer
Josiah	The Reformer Boy King
Elijah	A Prophet on the Run

 

Elisha	A Double Portion
Amos	A Farmer Turned Prophet
Isaiah	A Prophet Par Excellence
Jeremiah	A Man Who Knew Too Much
Ezekiel	A Man of Visions
Daniel	A Godly Man Confronts Captivity

 

Hosea	A Story of Devotion
Joel	More Than a Popular Name
Jonah	A Missionary Prophet
Micah	A Prophet Unafraid of Words
Nahum	Prophet with a Biting Tongue
Obadiah	A Man of Few Words
Habakkuk	A Man Who Asked Big Questions
Zephaniah	Mercy vs. Merit

 

Haggai and Zechariah	Compatriots
Malachi	The Last Word
Ezra	Historian and Theologian
Nehemiah	Wall Builder and Reformer
Esther	A Noble Beauty Queen
Job	An Ageless Everyman
The Maccabees	Fierce Defenders

 

The Virgin Mary	Mother of Jesus
Elisabeth	Ideal Role Model
Joseph	More than a Carpenter
Zacharias	Another Role Model
The Herods	More Infamous than Famous
John	The Baptist
Jesus	His Early Years
Jesus	His Middle Years

 

Andrew	One of the First Disciples
Simon Peter	The Rock
James and John	Brothers Two
Philip	Undistinguished but Important
Nathanael Bartholomew	Without Guile
James	On Playing Second Fiddle
Thomas	The Inquisitor
Matthew	An Unlikely Choice

 

Simon	The Politican
Thaddaeus	On Knowing the Will of God
Judas	Financial Secretary-Treasurer
Matthias	Chosen by Lot
Mark	Compatriot
Luke	Physician-Historian
Barnabas	Mentor and Disciple
Paul	Missionary Statesman
Silas	Nominee or Appointee?

 
 

Stephen	An Early Martyr
Ananias and Sapphira	Non-Martyrs
Priscilla and Aquila	Tentmakers
Apollos	Eloquent and Enthusiastic
Timothy	A Rookie Who Survived
Lydia	A Master Salesperson
Dorcas	A Charitable Model
Mary Magdalene	More Than Thankful

 
 
 

Mary and Martha	Sibling Rivalry
Lazarus	Two Contrasting Personalities
Titus	Pastoral Supervisor
Philemon	Christian Slave Owner
Tychicus	An Unheralded Companion
Satan	A Despicable Personality
Jude	A Kindred Personality
Jesus	His Last Years
In Conclusion	From Adam to Tychicus

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