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Moses and the Promise: Lessons from a Bizarre Bible Story

The Bible is full of bizarre stories; this may be a new one for you. When the Israelites left Egypt, Moses was 80. By the time they were about to enter the Promised Land, he was 120. He had led these people through arguing with Pharaoh, the red sea, grumbling Israelites, the ten commandments, and…

June 1, 2026

Daniel Cooley

Bizarre Bible Stories, Verse of the Week

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Moses and the Promise: Lessons from a Bizarre Bible Story

7 Wonders of Christmas

Christmas is a time of wonder. Maybe for you, it brings back memories of hot cocoa, decorating the tree, or caroling. I remember listening to Alec Guinness (of later Obi-Wan fame) in the part of Scrooge on a reel-to-reel recording. Dad recorded it on his new Wollensak recorder with a mic in front of our…

December 2, 2022

Daniel Cooley

Bizarre Bible Stories, Christmas

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IT’S BACK IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!

Bizarre Christmas Bible Stories was first published by Heritage Builders Press, but right when it was to hit the stores, they went to publishing heaven. Or hell, I’m really not sure due to the president being in jail now. At any rate, it has sat in purgatory for a couple of years while I had…

October 14, 2022

Daniel Cooley

Bizarre Bible Stories, Book Reviews

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Bizarre Book Cover Help

I have a little stocking-suffer book scheduled to come out through Heritage Builders this Fall, for Christmas. What do you think of the proposed cover? I especially loved the bug, scientist, and Mary making diapers out of underwear. Hopefully that won’t offend too many…. Any suggestions? Anything you love? loathe? Of course, without reading the…

April 27, 2018

Daniel Cooley

Bizarre Bible Stories

The President Writes Back!

Since this is the President George H.W. Bush week, I thought I’d re-post this. He and Barbara have done some things for the Children’s Cancer Research Foundation. Since the proceeds from Bizarre Bible Stories 2! go to the CCRF, I sent them a book. But he wrote back, and that I think, is really cool.…

August 21, 2015

Daniel Cooley

Bizarre Bible Stories, Bizarre Bible Story Reviews

George H.W. Bush, letter, President Bush

The Stinky Visitors

I was wanting to do about 5 Bizarre Christmas Bible Stories. So – i started working on one. My first drafts are pretty rough, so if you have suggestions send them on. If you can read it to a kid and send their suggestions, even better! dan@danielcooley.com The Stinky Visitors The Passage: Luke 2:8-18 If…

August 16, 2015

Daniel Cooley

Bizarre Bible Stories

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A King in a Suitcase

Another free devotional for your kids – this one from BIZARRE Bible Stories 2! Ch. 4 Scripture Passage: 1 Samuel 10,15 So What? So stay committed to Christ! For Parents: [Anything in brackets] What do you do really well? What do you not do well? If God promised to help you do what you are…

April 24, 2015

Daniel Cooley

Bizarre Bible Stories