Easy-to-Read Bible Stories - Paperback

by Jim Douthit (Author)

This book is a collection of twelve Bible stories taken from the Old Testament. It was written for the enjoyment of young readers and grown-ups as well. When reading a particular chapter about a given Bible character, it is not necessary to search through different books of the Bible to know the full story of that character in this book. The essence of each story is there, right before your eyes, in condensed yet complete form. Unlike a lengthy novel, which could require reading many pages before beginning to get the whole "picture," each chapter of this book enables the reader, with only a few minutes of leisure time, to enjoy a full story about a Bible character from start to finish. The author's enticing writing style easily grabs and holds the reader's attention. Hopefully, those who read this book will be impressed with its smooth, enjoyable flow and will find it inspirational and uplifting, leading to further study of the Scriptures.

Author Biography

Jim Douthit (Dow-thit) and his wife, Judith, live in Murfreesboro, TN, 30 miles SE of Nashville. Since his teenage years, he has had an interest in the study of the Bible. But only in recent years, after retiring from a teaching career at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, did he turn his attention to writing Bible Stories. Although he is now confined to a wheelchair much of the time, he remains hopeful that this his first book will lead him to other publications and that his health will remain such that he will be able to finish other works currently in the process of completion.