Kingdomtales

  Dramatized Read by David Mains These are the Original Radio Broadcasts The  Tales of the Kingdom  audiobook  read by Dr. David R. Mains is an exciting series of a dozen allegories from award-winning authors David and Karen Mains, that offer fast-paced action and exciting storytelling with compelling Christian themes. The series is suitable to be read as bedtime stories for younger children, but also deep substantial enough to engage teens and adults with challenging topics and deeper meanings worthy of family discussions. The  Tales of the Kingdom  audiobook is available in a 4 CD format – three chapters read per CD. Listen to Chapter 1: The Enchanted City —  Preview Listen to Chapter 2: The Orphan Keeper’s Assistant —  Preview Listen to Chapter 3: The Apprentice Juggler —  Preview Listen to Chapter 4: The Faithless Ranger —  Preview Action, intrigue, and danger follow Scarboy wherever he goes, especially in the Enchanted City, where t...

What does it take to make you believe something?  Do you have friends who, if they tell you what they saw, you would believe them, or do you have to see it for yourself?  If a friend had proven themselves over and over to you, would you believe them when they tell you they are going to do something spectacular?  These are the issues that are discussed in John 20:24-31 – the story of Doubting Thomas! As you undoubtedly recall, Jesus appeared to a number of the disciples.  Thomas, however, was not one of them.  When the others told Thomas that they had  “seen the Lord,”  he responded by saying,  “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”   A week or so later Thomas was with the disciples when Jesus came to them again, and He told Thomas to reach out his finger and hand and get the proof he had earlier demanded. The key here is that Th...

When it comes to  Rebuild Sacred Walls , the premier “contractor” has to be Nehemiah.  After convincing King Artaxerxes to allow him to return to Judah and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, he was able to accomplish this monumental task – - not, however, without ridicule and danger! There are several important aspects of the story of Nehemiah that we must keep in mind.  First, as he was asking the King for his permission to do that which he desired he was in constant prayer to God.  There is a lesson there that we need to learn – - once God gives us the task to  Rebuild Sacred Walls that Protect  we must  not  lose contact with Him. In Chapter 2 of Nehemiah that once he arrives in the City of Jerusalem he takes time to examine the magnitude of his task.  He goes out at night, alone, to evaluate the situation.  Only after he has accomplished this does he share with others the task at hand.  We, too, should not be hasty in revealing tha...

When we contemplate the ministry of Apostle Paul we see a man who was a zealot from the very moment we are introduced to him.  Though playing for “the wrong team” at the time, he pursued the Christians all over Jerusalem, and  then  made arrangements to go to Damascus and pursue them! After being converted on the road to Damascus his zeal, if anything, grew in intensity.  It caused him to be stoned.  It caused him to be imprisoned.  And, it caused him to be ingenious!  That’s why Paul was the first one who was able to  Reference the Culture to Share God’s Love! You probably remember the story.  Paul is hanging out in Athens when his spirit is terribly troubled by all of the idolatry that was taking place.  Acts 17:16-34 tells us that members of a number of different philosophies were gathered there, Epicureans and Stoics to name a few.  “Pleasure” was one of their main life goals, and one of the things that pleased them the most was...

I was talking with a good friend one day and he said, “You know, I struggle with making sure I am doing God things and not just good things.”  I nodded that I understood, but, since then, I have pondered that statement a lot.  Since it is accepted that “Christian” means to be “Christ like,” it is important to see if Christ did differentiate between the two to help us determine if we should  Stay Spiritually Connected and Directed . In Mark 1:29-39, we find that Jesus does make this distinction and that He did, in fact,  Stay Spiritually Connected and Directed .  After raising Peter’s mother-in-law from a bad fever and healing a host of others and casting out demons, Jesus retires for the evening.  Rising before daylight the next morning, He goes off to pray.  When His disciples come and tell Him that folks are looking for Him, he advises them that they need to go to other towns in the area for,  “this is the purpose I have come forth.” We all know...

I believe that when most of us think about Daniel our mind and memory immediately go to him and the Lion’s Den!  Yet, there is so much more about Daniel that we need to know!  In fact, the story that first introduces him to us is one that allows us to see how Daniel was able to  Stay Alert to Self-diminishing Compromises . Daniel 1:1-20 tells us that he was taken captive from his homeland and wound up in the court of King Nebuchadnezzar.  While there, he and Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, along with the other young men who were taken, were to be fed the king’s delicacies preparatory to serving in the king’s palace.  You, I am sure, remember that they choose to eat veggies and water instead and, when they were examined, were in as good, if not better, health than those who had chosen to eat what the king provided. Daniel and his three friends recognized that eating the delicacies would have been detrimental in the long run, making it beneficial that they were ab...