Showing results by author "Allan H. Kelly" in Literature & Fiction

When the heathen King Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, he took a religious young Jew named Daniel back to the city of Babylon. But when Daniel refused to worship the King's golden idols, Daniel was thrown into a den of lions. His life was saved because of his undying faith in God.

The fascinating tale of how God told Jonah to go warn the people of the ancient city of Niniveh to change their evil ways or face destruction. At first, Jonah refused to go, but changed his mind after being swallowed by a monster fish.

The famous story of how a young boy named David protected ancient Israel from the Philistine enemy by killing their leader, the giant Goliath, with a single stone from his Slingshot.

An all-time favorite story of how a slave named Androcles, by plucking a thorn out of a lion's paw, saved his own life when he was thrown to the lions years later before thousands of cheering people in the Roman Coliseum.

Here is the dramatic story of Esther, the young Jewish bride of the king of ancient Persia, now called Iran. Esther had heard that the king's wicked minister, Haman, was plotting to kill her people. She exposed Haman to the king, and Haman was hanged in the city square.

King Nebuchadnezzar brought three friends of Daniel back to Babylon. Their names were Shadrach, Mesach, and Abendego. And, like Daniel, they refused to worship the king's golden idols, and were thrown into a fiery furnace, where the flames didn't touch them because of their steadfast faith in God.

Here is a telling of the hilarious classic episode from Alice in Wonderland: "A Mad Tea Party". Hear how little Alice outsmarted the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, and the sleepy Dormouse.

Of his 12 sons, the mighty Jacob loved his 11th, Joseph, most of all...which made the 10 other sons dislike, even hate, Joseph...especially after Jacob had made a beautiful coat of many colors for Joseph. So the brothers secretly sold Joseph to merchants heading for Egypt. However, years later, Joseph saved his brothers from a devastating drought, where they founded the nation of Israel.

Here is the delightful story of how a little boy was the only one in a crowd of worshippers who was honest enough to say that the emperor's "magic new clothes" were really no clothes at all.

The inspirational story of how a Jewish boy's life was saved by a Samaritan, who rescued the boy after he was badly beaten by a gang of ruffians in a mountain pass.

The heartfelt story of a father whose love for his two sons was badly split. One son took off on a life of wild living, while the other son stayed home and worked hard on the family farm.

A rich man once gave three of his servants gold coins called talents, so they could go out and set up a business of their own. One servant bought a loom to make beautiful fabrics, and he did very well.

Israel once suffered a dreadful drought, which forced a mother named Naomi to move her family to the heathen country of Moab where there was plenty of water. There they met a wonderful woman named Ruth, who helped them to start a new life. Years later Naomi returned home to Israel, accompanied by Ruth, who now believed in the God of Israel.

As night closed in on the lonely shepherd, he could see that one of his flock was missing. "It must be that frisky young lamb", he thought to himself. "I must go find him before the wolves get him." After hours of searching, he found his lamb trapped in a rocky valley, and brought him back to safety.

An inspiring story: how a little duckling, who was born ugly and was badly treated by all the other ducks in the barnyard, suffered through a long cold winter - but then emerged as a beautiful swan come spring.