Christian Essentials Volume II is the appendices referenced in Volume I. This book is the companion book to volume one but can be read as a stand alone series of 26 biblical and cultural studies. Every appendix expands a topic discussed in the Volume I: The Bible Story. Topics in the appendices include such things as comparing modern western thinking with the much different ancient middle eastern thinking. It covers the rise of Judaism, Hebrew Idioms, How the Babylonian Wise men found Jesus at his birth, Eastern Storytelling methods, How the original Nazarene faith of the apostles became Hellenize, the ancient multiple introductions of evil into human society, and much much more. There are many footnoted sources which can be followed by the reader to expand his own study and research.