The Story for Children, a Storybook Bible
The Story
- By: Max Lucado, Randy Frazee & Karen Davis Hill
- Narrated by: Max Lucado
- Length: 2 hours 37 minutes
Description
With sweeping brushstrokes, God painted his creation across the emptiness. “Let there be light,” he called into the darkness, and a sweep of brightness blazed across the blank canvas. The Story for Children isn’t just another collection of Bible stories—it’s The Story—the big picture of God’s enormous love for his children!
Presented by New York Times bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado with Randy Frazee and Karen Hill, these 48 pivotal stories show how God has a grand and glorious vision, beginning with Creation and ending with the promise that Jesus is coming again. Each story in this storybook Bible is:
- Personalized with God’s message
- Delivered in a way that helps bring the Bible to life for young readers ages 4–8
- Perfect for sharing with elementary school kids during Bible study, small groups, and story time
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Abridged: No
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Abridged: No
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Abridged: No
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Abridged: No
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Abridged: No
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Abridged: No
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Abridged: No
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Narrated by: David Thorn
Length: 2 hours 38 minutes
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A Sportsman's Notebook
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"If my people will not obey, I shall be compelled to loose my Son’s Arm. It is so heavy, so pressing that I can no longer contain it."
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The Story for Children, a Storybook Bible
By: Max Lucado, Randy Frazee & Karen Davis Hill
Narrated by: Max Lucado
Length: 2 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
With sweeping brushstrokes, God painted his creation across the emptiness. “Let there be light,” he called into the darkness, and a sweep of brightness blazed across the blank canvas. The Story for Children isn’t just another collection of Bible stories—it’s The Story—the big picture of God’s enormous love for his children!
Presented by New York... Read more »
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God's Story, Your Story
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Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
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Abridged: No
Carpools and car crashes, job switches and joint custody, moves and motionlessness. Is there a cohesive storyline to the chaos, confusion, and clutter of your daily life? According to well-loved author Max Lucado, the answer is a resounding yes!So what is the text of your life? With his unequaled warmth and honesty, Lucado plumbs the depths of... Read more »
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Abridged: No
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Abridged: No
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Our Lady of Lourdes
By: Bob Lord & Penny Lord
Narrated by: Luz Elena Sandoval-Lord
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Our Lady of Lourdes
Bob and Penny Lord travel high into the Pyrenees, to where Our Lady appeared to St.Bernadette.
We trace the account of the Apparitions of Mary in Lourdes to Saint Bernadette. Read more »
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Our Lady of Banneux
By: Bob Lord & Penny Lord
Narrated by: Luz Elena Sandoval-Lord
Length: 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Twelve days after Our Lady with the Golden Heart said “Goodbye” to the five children in Beauraing, Belgium, she made her presence felt again in Banneux, Belgium, some fifty miles to the northeast.Mariette Beco, an 11 year old girl, saw a beautiful young lady, dressed in white, standing above the ground outside her house. It begins again. OR DOES... Read more »
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Our Lady of Pontmain
By: Bob Lord & Penny Lord
Narrated by: Luz Elena Sandoval-Lord
Length: 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Our Lady visited Pontmain in 1871.
Within 10 days, the Franco-Prussian war ended.
Account of the Apparitions of Mary at Pontmain, France Read more »
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Saint Catherine Laboure and the Miraculous Medal
By: Bob Lord & Penny Lord
Narrated by: Luz Elena Sandoval-Lord
Length: 40 minutes
Abridged: No
The account of the Miraculous appearances of Our Lady to Saint Catherine Laboure in Paris, France.
We trace the life of Catherine of Laboure and how the Miraculous Medal came to be.
Miracles and conversions attributed to the Miraculous Medal.
Discover the conversion of Ratisbonne the atheist. Read more »
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Monstress
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Narrated by: Reuben Uy & Chelsea Javier
Length: 6 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
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God's Messages for Little Ones (31 Devotions)
By: Max Lucado, Randy Frazee & Karen Davis Hill
Narrated by: Brian Kennedy
Length: 37 minutes
Abridged: No
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Our Lady of Knock
By: Bob Lord & Penny Lord
Narrated by: Luz Elena Sandoval-Lord
Length: 23 minutes
Abridged: No
The Apparitions of Mary at Knock, Ireland where Our Lady appeared to 15 visionaries in 1879.
Discover the account of what happened at Knock!
Bob and Penny Lord visit the church where Our Lady, St. John the Evangelist, and St. Joseph appeared in front of the back wall, as well as a Paschal Lamb and the Angels.Discover what the silent Lady of Knock... Read more »
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Our Lady of Beauraing
By: Bob Lord & Penny Lord
Narrated by: Luz Elena Sandoval-Lord
Length: 45 minutes
Abridged: No
The Lady with the Golden Heart
The full account of the Apparition of Our Lady in Beauraing, Belgium along with her messages to us at that time, which are just as timely for our present time. Read more »
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Our Lady of Fatima
By: Bob Lord & Penny Lord
Narrated by: Luz Elena Sandoval-Lord
Length: 1 hours
Abridged: No
Bob and Penny Lord travel to Fatima, Portugal and then to the Cova da Iria where Mary appeared to the children.
They visit Valinhos, and Loca da Cabeco
as well as Lucia’s well where the Angel appeared to the children in 1916.
The apparitions at Fatima are internationally known and recognized apparitions of Our Lady.
The most famous Apparition... Read more »
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