Yes, the story is true!Some type of fish, whale, or shark—probably a sperm whale or a white shark—swallowed Jonah. It's hard to believe that a person could survive being swallowed by a fish, but God can do anything! God created the heavens and the earth, so it wouldn't be a big deal for Him to take care of Jonah for three days inside a fish and the

God's home is heaven, but He is everywhere at once.People can only be in one place at a time, but God isn't like us. God doesn't have a body. Time and space can't stop Him. He is everywhere! This is called omnipresence, because God is all-present (in all places). God can answer the prayer from a girl in China while comforting you when you're sad.

The 10 commandments are 10 laws in the Bible that God gave to the nation of Israel after they left Egypt.The 10 commandments summarize the Old Testament Law. The first 4 commandments talk about our relationship with God. The last 6 commandments concern our relationships with other people. What are the 10 commandments? We can read them in Exodus 20

The empty tomb is very important to the faith of Christianity.The empty tomb proves Jesus is God. The empty tomb proves that Jesus is who He said He was. The empty tomb is proof that Jesus has defeated death. Jesus rose from the dead!All four of the Gospels confirm the empty tomb (Matthew 28:1-6; Mark 16:1-7; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-2). Paul talks

We don't know for certain where the garden of Eden was located.There are many different theories about where the garden of Eden was located. The only clue the Bible gives us is, “A river watered the garden. It flowed out of Eden. From there the river separated into four other rivers. The name of the first river is the Pishon. It winds through the w

Your friend is saying he asked Jesus to be his Savior.In some cultures, the "heart" is the center of emotions, so some people refer to it when they talk about salvation. The idea of "asking Jesus into your heart" isn't found in the Bible. It isn’t wrong to think of salvation that way, but we need to be careful not to minimize salvation. We want to

God reveals Himself to us through creation, the Bible, and Jesus Christ.Suppose you see a beautiful painting and want to know about the painter. The painting tells you first that there’s a painter (or there wouldn’t be a painting). The painting also tells you a little bit about the painter. But you couldn’t know much about the painter unless you re

The Samaritans were a people group, who used to live in the country that belonged to the tribe of Ephraim and Manasseh. The Jewish people hated the Samaritans. God had instructed the Jews not to marry those from other people groups because those groups would bring their false religions and turn God’s people away from Him. The Samaritans were the pe

Cain was jealous and he hated his brother.Have you ever gotten so mad at someone that you wanted to do something really mean to him or her? Think about this…Cain’s brother was named Abel. He loved God and offered a lamb on the altar to God for his sins. This is how people in the Old Testament received forgiveness for their sins. The sacrifices poin

Only God the Father knows when Jesus is coming back the second time.Some people try to figure out a date when Jesus is returning to earth. But God says in the Bible that no one will know the date or the time (Mark 13:32–33)!After Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead, God took Him up to heaven while the disciples were watching. Two angels

Nehemiah was one of the two prophets who wrote about the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Nehemiah's contemporary was Ezra. Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians seventy years before Nehemiah wrote about the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Portions of prophecy referring to the time of Nehemiah can be found in the book of Daniel (Daniel 9:25). Before Nehemiah

Adam was 930 years old when he died (Genesis 5:5).The Bible tells us that Adam was 930 years old when he died (Genesis 5:5). He had a very long lifespan compared to people today. Both his children and his grandchildren would have lived very long lives also. Before the flood, it was common for people to live until 900 years old. Noah's father a shor

Timothy was known as Paul’s son in the faith. He is the Timothy that 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy are addressed to.Timothy was the son of a Greek father and a Jewish mother. Paul took Timothy under his wing and saw him as his son in the faith (1 Timothy 1:2). This shows us how close Timothy and Paul were during their lives. Timothy would have been young

Because heaven is God's home, it is more wonderful than we can imagine.Heaven is hard for us to imagine because it's so much more amazing than any place we could visit on earth. The Bible gives us small glimpses of heaven, telling us that the streets in heaven will be made of gold. The Bible describes heaven as a place of beauty, full of light and

There are many promises of God in the Bible. In each promise, God pledges that something will (or will not) be done or given, or someday happen.Because God is faithful, the people He makes the promises to can know for sure that He will do what He said He will do!There is one specific promise of God for kids: "Children, obey your parents as believer

The Israelites wandered around in the wilderness because of their disobedience.When the Israelites crossed the Red Sea into the wilderness, they thought they were going straight to the Promised Land. Moses sent 12 spies to explore the land. When they returned, 10 of the spies said the people there were too strong and they could not go. The people b

Salvation is forever, which gives me the freedom to practice being holy without fear of losing my salvation when I mess up.Do you play a sport, play an instrument, or build model rockets? You probably like to do something that requires a lot of practice to become very good at it. What if you missed a field goal and the coach took away your uniform?

Sin brought a lot of bad things into the world, including starvation.Many sad things—like starvation—happen to people in our world. People may starve for different reasons: a parent lost their job or cannot find a job, a country is very poor and there is not enough food for everyone, or the weather is too hot or too cold and food will not grow. We

Many Christians believe the world is about 6,000 years old.God has given us a lot to go on in the first book of the Bible, Genesis. God tells us in the very first verse, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). If you read Genesis 1 and 2 you will see that God created the world and all that is in it in six 24-hour day

The parable of the prodigal son gives us a beautiful picture of God’s love.The prodigal son comes from a story Jesus told. In the story, there are 3 main characters--two sons and their father. The older son obeys his father, while the younger son is disobedient. The younger son leaves home and wastes all of the money his father gave him (Luke 15:13