FAMILY TIME: Did you know Abraham was 150 years old when Shem, Noah's son, died? Esther was Queen of the Persian Empire when Nehemiah was there? Paul traveled nearly 4000 miles on his second missionary trip? CHURCH BULLETINS: Did you know the Israelites entered Egypt 10 years after Isaac died? Jews paid nearly half their yearly wages to redeem their first-born? The ungrateful servant of Jesus' parable owed millions of dollars? DEVOTIONALS: Did you know the angel wings over the Ark of the Covenant in Solomon's temple were 15 feet across? Jesus was 18 years old when Jarius' daughter was born? The hailstones that fell in Revelation weighed 100 pounds each?GIFTS: Did you know Jacob and Esau were 15 years old when grandfather Abraham died? Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold covered the temple's Most Holy Place? The good Samaritan paid the innkeeper about $4 to keep the injured man? ADULT GAMES: Did you know Solomon's yearly income was around a trillion dollars US currency in 2015? Jesus walked on water nearly 3 miles to reach his disciples' boat? Taken literally, heaven is 7,272,000 feet high? ATTENTION GETTERS: Did you know the population of Jerusalem in Nehemiah's time was nearly 50,000? If the apostles were the only ones baptizing the 3,000 people on the Day of Pentecost, they had to baptize 1 every 2 minutes for 10 hours?
Author Biography:
Katheryn Maddox Haddad grew up in the cold north and now lives in Arizona where she does not have to shovel sunshine. She basks in 100-degree weather with palm trees, cacti, and a computer with most of the lettering worn off. She has a bachelor's degree in English, Bible, and history, from Harding University, a Master's Degree in management and human relations from Abilene Christian University, and part of a Master's Degree in Bible from Harding University, including Greek studies. She spends half her day writing, and the other half teaching English over the internet worldwide using the Bible as a textbook through World English Institute. She has taught some 7000 Muslims, mostly in the Middle East. Students she has converted to Christianity are in hiding in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Indonesia, and Palestine. "They are my heroes," she says. In addition to her seventy-seven books (non-fiction, novels, and storybooks), she has written numerous articles for Gospel Advocate, Twentieth Century Christian, Firm Foundation, Christian Bible Teacher, Christian Woman, and several world mission publications. Her weekly column, Little-Known Facts About the Bible, appeared several years in newspapers in North Carolina and Texas.
