By His Name

The Bible stories you know, and the parts nobody told you.

Short, illustrated retellings that stay faithful to Scripture and point you back to it. Made to be read together, at the kitchen table, on the porch, or in a Sunday school class.

A grandmother and her granddaughter reading a big book together on a porch swing.

Stories you only think you know

The free guide opens with five familiar stories. Each one shows you a detail that is right there in the text, but easy to miss.

Jonah sitting under a small shelter on a hillside, arms crossed, looking down at the city of Nineveh.

Jonah

The fish was never the point. Jonah tells us why he really ran, and it wasn't fear.

Jonah 1–4

Young David facing the giant Goliath in the valley.

David and Goliath

It isn't a story about the underdog's courage. David says plainly whose battle it is.

1 Samuel 17

Noah on a ladder hammering a plank onto the huge wooden ark under a clear, dry sky.

Noah

We picture the flood. Before a drop of rain fell, Noah obeyed on dry ground, exactly as God commanded.

Genesis 6–9

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What every story looks like

Each story fills a two-page spread. One picture, the passage itself, and enough to start a real conversation.

An open two-page spread on Jonah: an illustration on the left page and, on the right, a short retelling, Jonah 4:2, background notes and three discussion questions.
  • The story in brief. A faithful retelling you can read aloud in two minutes.
  • The passage. The key verses printed in the ESV, so you are reading God's words, not ours.
  • The part nobody tells you. The detail that changes how the whole story reads.
  • Who, where and when. Short background notes for curious readers.
  • Three questions. For the dinner table, a grandchild's bedtime, or a class.
  • Read it yourself. Every story ends by sending you to the full chapter.

Made for the people who pass the faith on

A grandfather and his grandson walking hand in hand along a meadow path.

Grandparents

A simple way to share the stories that shaped you, in a form your grandchildren will actually ask for.

A father reading to his two children at the kitchen table while one colors and the other raises a hand.

Parents and homeschool families

Ten minutes a day: read the story, open the Bible together, talk through three questions.

A Sunday school teacher holding up a picture of a boat for three children sitting on a rug.

Teachers and leaders

A ready lesson for each week, with a short video to open the class and printable activities.

The full book: 30 Bible Stories You Only Think You Know

Thirty stories from Genesis to Acts, in the same illustrated format: Esther, the empty tomb, Peter by the charcoal fire, the boy's lunch and many more. Each one with the ESV text, the part nobody tells you, and three questions to talk about.

Cover of 30 Bible Stories You Only Think You Know: a grid of nine stick-figure Bible scenes under the title.

The teaching kit

Everything you need to teach a story-a-week series at church, in a small group, or at home.

  • Each story's short video, licensed for classroom and church use
  • A leader guide with the passage, background and discussion plan
  • Printable activity sheets for ages 4–7 (coloring and retelling)
  • Printable activity sheets for ages 8–12 (questions and puzzles)

Coming soon.

How we handle Scripture

The Bible is the authority here, not us. Every story is checked against the text, quotes the passage directly, and ends by sending you to read the whole chapter yourself.

We don't add to the story, and we don't promise outcomes the Bible doesn't promise. Where Christians disagree on a detail, we say so.

Our illustrations are simple on purpose. We never draw God. The pictures show the human side of each story, so the words can do the work.

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