Mark Morgan
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A first book of Bible-based micro-tales
"Fiction Favours the Facts" is a collection of the first 22 micro-tales from the Bible Tales Newsletter.
Micro-tales? What are they? Short stories about Bible characters or events.
Bible-based fiction – the facts of the Bible rounded out with imaginative detail to help us recognise the lives and feelings of real people.
Some are about Bible characters you have never heard of, while others concentrate...
2) Early Days
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"Chapter 1 — My Birthday
It was on my seventeenth birthday that I first heard — or felt — God's voice. In those days, we seemed to have a happy extended family in Anathoth and I was welcome in it. Times are different now..."
From a family of priests in the peaceful reign of good King Josiah, came a young man Jeremiah, bringing words from God to his people. It was no message for the fainthearted, either. It was a message of Terror on Every...
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"I was twenty-one years old when the letter arrived. It was the most exciting letter I ever received. Written in my father's untidy scrawl, it had obviously been sent in the joy of discovery and his happiness showed in every word.
The Book of the Law of God had been found!"
King Josiah hears the words of God and everything starts to change.
Idolatry is forced to take a backward step and the true servants of God have some breathing space.
Let...
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No-one would believe Jeremiah's words until it was too late - and then there was Terror on Every Side! The cruel Babylonian army waits outside the city and King Zedekiah can't make up his mind what to do. Jeremiah advises surrender, but has Zedekiah the courage to obey?
Food and water are running out and Jeremiah's enemies blame him for the unfolding disaster. Will the king give them the opportunity they crave to punish Jeremiah?
...and time may...
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Terror on Every Side! The Life of Jeremiah: Volume 4 — The Darkness Deepens (Volume 4 of 5)
Mark Morgan (Bible Tales Online — www.BibleTales.online)
Jehoiakim's body is dumped outside the gates of Jerusalem, and his son Jeconiah reigns briefly over a city under siege.
Jeconiah surrenders and King Nebuchadnezzar takes him to Babylon — as Jeremiah had predicted — along with thousands of others.
Zedekiah promises to be Nebuchadnezzar's vassal,...
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Josiah's tireless work for God continues to the very end, but can a king really change an unwilling nation?
"Josiah was close to death as the chariot passed out of the valley of Jezreel, and well before the small convoy stopped for the night, the last great king of Judah was dead."
Josiah's sons Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim rule after him, and Judah enters moral free fall.
"As darkness had fallen on me, locked in the stocks, so darkness was falling on...
7) No Remedy
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Terror on Every Side! The Life of Jeremiah: Volume 5 – No Remedy (Volume 5 of 5)
Mark Morgan (Bible Tales Online – www.BibleTales.online)
"But [Judah] kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy."
2 Chronicles 36:16
No-one would believe...
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The leaders of the pitiful remnants of Judah's army reject God's command to stay in Judah. Afraid of Nebuchadnezzar and his hordes, they flee to Egypt, taking Jeremiah and Baruch with them - against their will. After making the long journey south, they hope to find peace and safety in Egypt. Yet God's plans have not changed, and Jeremiah is still with them as God's voice - they cannot escape his warnings of a terrifying future. Will they listen this...
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Fiction Favours the Facts — a collection of 22 Bible-based micro-tales.
Some tell of little-known Bible characters, while others concentrate on an incident in the life of one of the more famous Bible characters.
Cain and Abel, Noah and his family, Paul and Silas, Daniel, Ebed-melech, Mark, Peter, Moses and Aaron, Judas Iscariot, Rebecca, Simeon, Jeroboam, Elijah and many others share their experiences with us.
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It was on my 17th birthday that I first heard - or felt - God's voice. In those days, we seemed to have a happy extended family in Anathoth and I was welcome in it. Times are different now...
From a family of priests in the peaceful reign of good King Josiah, came a young man, Jeremiah, bringing words from God to his people. It was no message for the fainthearted, either. It was a message of Terror on Every Side!
A young king and a young prophet....
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King Asa has ruled for many years, but his time is running out. The unfortunate mistakes of the past continue to haunt him, and trouble is brewing in Judah.
The nation is surrounded by dangerous enemies as the king's health fails and pain weakens his lifelong faith. Enemies from outside the kingdom are surely to be expected, but are there also enemies within? The old king is widely-loved, but his bitter refusal to accept criticism has led him...
12) Darkness Falling
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Josiah's tireless work for God continues to the very end, but can a king really change an unwilling nation?
Josiah was close to death as the chariot passed out of the valley of Jezreel, and well before the small convoy stopped for the night, the last great king of Judah was dead.
Josiah's sons Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim rule after him, and Judah enters moral free fall.
As darkness had fallen on me, locked in the stocks, so darkness was...
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A young boy with 11 brothers; favourite of his father; chosen of God.
Joseph, Rachel's son, lived a privileged life in Canaan until his jealous brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt. There, the favourite son learned hardship and faced undeserved punishment.
Overcoming one trial after another, he finally faces the greatest test of all: power over his brothers. When they bow before him – as prophesied so many years before – will he take revenge,...
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Jehoiakim's body is dumped outside the gates of Jerusalem, and his son Jeconiah reigns briefly over a city under siege.
"Nebuchadnezzar's army surrounded Jerusalem, preventing any from coming or going, patiently and methodically strangling the life from a beleaguered city in which supplies, once used, could not be replaced."
Jeconiah surrenders and King Nebuchadnezzar takes him to Babylon, as Jeremiah had predicted, along with thousands of others.
Zedekiah...
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"I was twenty-one years old when the letter arrived.
It was the most exciting letter I ever received.
Written in my father's untidy scrawl,
it had obviously been sent in the joy of discovery
and his happiness showed in every word.
The Book of the Law of God had been found!"
King Josiah hears the words of God and everything starts to change.
Idolatry is forced to take a backward step and the true servants of God have some breathing space.
Josiah...
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Fiction Favours the Facts - Book 3
Yet another collection of 22 Bible-based micro-tales. Some tell of little-known Bible characters, while others concentrate on an incident in the life of one of the more famous Bible characters.
This new collection of short stories visits the lives of Moses, David, Elijah, Jonah, Daniel, Jesus, Paul, Peter and others, often through the eyes of people who knew them. Eleven stories from the Old Testament matched...
17) Twilight
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[2009]
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Isabella Swan moves to gloomy Forks, Washington to live with her father. She begins her junior year in high school and becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen. He holds a dark secret which is only known by his family. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for, a true soul mate. But he knows the further they progress in their relationship the more he is putting Bella and those close to her at risk. Edward tries to warn Bella that she should leave...
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Based on their work across companies in the automobile, agriculture, and technology industries, the authors outline 11 lessons learned in the process of working in and with organizations in the process of transformation. These lessons are: The customer is always right except when they are not: deals with customer-facing issues What got you here may kill you there: Letting go of what made you good is hard. Execute on unconventional wisdom: debunk best...