Amy Green

Whenever the Bible talks about spending time with God through reading the Word, it’s never in the context of a burden.

Disasters—whether large-scale, like hurricanes and wildfires or deeply personal, like grief and unexpected health troubles—can shake us to our core.

Sure, the Bible has the classics that most Christians have heard since they were young—David and Goliath, Noah and the ark, Jesus healing the blind man. But within the pages of Scripture are many stories that are obscure, dramatic, and just plain bizarre. Here are the ones your Sunday School teacher didn’t tell you.

Amy Green loves to talk about religion, politics, and other controversial subjects from her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She blogs about issues of faith, culture, and ordinary life at themondayheretic.wordpress.com.

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