Meet the people of Scripture.
Who they loved, who they fought, how God changed them, and how their story points to Jesus.
Free Bible character studies of 116 people, from Genesis to Acts.
Jesus and the Twelve · 13
The Lord, and the twelve ordinary men he chose to follow him.
Around Jesus · 16
Family, friends, and seekers who met him face to face.
Mary
The Peacemaker
A young woman who said yes to God and kept his words in her heart.
Joseph of Nazareth
The Reformer
A just, quiet carpenter who never says a word in Scripture, and obeyed every time God spoke.
Elizabeth
An old woman whose shame was taken away, and the first to call Mary's child her Lord.
Zechariah the priest
The Reformer
An old priest who doubted the angel, went silent for nine months, and came out singing.
The early church · 15
The first believers who carried the gospel out from Jerusalem.
Paul
The Reformer
The persecutor who became the church's greatest missionary.
Barnabas
The Helper
The man who kept vouching for people no one else trusted.
John Mark
The young man who quit a mission trip and was later called “very useful.”
Stephen
A table server who preached the longest sermon in Acts and died forgiving.
Patriarchs and matriarchs · 19
The family God chose, and the promise he made them.
Adam
The Peacemaker
The first man, made from dust, who hid from God and was called out of hiding.
Creation
Eve
The first woman, deceived by the serpent, who still named her son in hope.
Creation
Cain
The first son born into the world, who was warned about sin at the door and killed his brother anyway.
Creation
Abel
A shepherd who gave God the firstborn of his flock, and who still speaks by faith though he died.
Creation
Exodus and wilderness · 6
Slavery, rescue, and forty years of learning to trust.
Jethro
A Midianite priest who took in a runaway, then taught him to share the load.
Moses
The Reformer
The slow-spoken shepherd God made the voice of the exodus.
Aaron
The Peacemaker
The eloquent brother who wore the holy garments and still needed grace.
Miriam
The sister who watched the river and led the song by the sea.
Judges and the land · 11
Israel in the land, when everyone did what was right in their own eyes.
Rahab
The Loyalist
A Canaanite outsider who bet her life on Israel's God and was folded into the line of the king.
Exodus
Deborah
The Challenger
A prophetess who judged Israel, called a reluctant general to battle, and sang when the LORD won.
Gideon
The Loyalist
A frightened farmer God made into a deliverer, who kept asking for signs and stumbled after the victory.
Samson
The Challenger
A man set apart from birth with great strength, who spent most of it on his own appetites.
Kings and the kingdom · 12
The rise and fall of Israel's monarchy.
Saul
The Achiever
The king who looked the part and lost the throne.
Jonathan
The Peacemaker
The prince who gave his throne to his best friend.
Abigail
The Achiever
A wise woman who rode out with gifts and turned an angry future king from bloodshed.
David
The Individualist
The shepherd king with the honest heart and the public fall.
Prophets · 18
Men who spoke God's word to kings and nations.
Elijah
The Challenger
Called down fire one day, asked to die the next.
Elisha
The Helper
Left the plow, took the cloak, and brought God's help to ordinary homes.
Amos
The Challenger
A shepherd and fig farmer sent north to tell the rich that God sees the poor.
Hosea
The Helper
A prophet told to love an unfaithful wife, so Israel could see how God loves them.
Exile and return · 6
Faithfulness far from home, and the long road back.
Ezekiel
The Investigator
A priest in exile who saw God's glory leave the temple, and a river of life flow back.
Daniel
The Reformer
A captive who served pagan kings for seventy years and never stopped praying toward home.
Esther
The Peacemaker
An orphan made queen, who kept quiet about who she was until silence would cost her people.
Mordecai
The Challenger
A Jew at the king's gate who would not bow to Haman, and told Esther this was her moment.
Today in the castEzekielA priest in exile who saw God's glory leave the temple, and a river of life flow back.Through the story
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Creation
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Patriarchs
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Exodus
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Judges
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Kings
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Exile
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Gospels & the early church
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