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Actions Speak Louder Than Words – 2 Kings 9:30-10:36
I hate to say it, but when a politician publicly identifies himself as a Christian I become doubtful of him. In the part of the U.S. I live in you have a greater chance of being elected if you identify
Continue reading...The Discipline of God – 2 Kings 8:16-9:29
I have experienced the discipline of God and you have also. Because God loves us and knows that what we need the most is godliness, He disciplines us, trains us, sometimes using painful circumstances,
Continue reading...Your Reputation – 2 Kings 8:1-15
A friend of mine wanted me to meet with a friend of his to discuss some issues I really did not want to talk about. But my friend said he had worked with this man and found him to be the most loving pastor
Continue reading...Life and Hope – 2 Kings 6:24-7:20
In the aftermath of 9/11, that hideous hijacking of airliners that were crashed into the twin towers in New York city and the Pentagon, many people were asea in hopelessness and fear. Many of us who had
Continue reading...Our Fiery Shield – 2 Kings 6:1-23
On January 8, 1956, Jim Elliott, Nate Saint, Peter Fleming, Ed McCully and Roger Youderian were slain by 10 Waodani warriors, who had been led to believe by another Waodani that the missionaries intended
Continue reading...Humility and Healing – 2 Kings 5
I had an unusual experience in India in 2015. After leading a Bible conference in a small church in southern India there were several people who wanted prayer and I anticipated that this was because I
Continue reading...God’s Chosen Leaders – 2 Kings 4
God uses leaders to lead His people to accomplish His work. You can think most immediately of the twelve men Jesus dubbed as his apostles, but there are many men and women whom God has put His stamp upon
Continue reading...Roadblocks – 2 Kings 3
We had put our two youngest kids in a private Christian school, but when the pay cut came we just couldn’t afford it. But it led us to a public school program that turned out to be exactly what we
Continue reading...Succession – 2 Kings 2
There is only one person who has never needed nor ever could have a successor, and that is Jesus. For the rest of us, part of our responsibility is to help prepare for our successor in whatever area of
Continue reading...What Is Idolatry? – 2 Kings 1
If I think of an example of modern day idolatry I think of the prosperity gospel. Wikipedia has a pretty good definition: Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health
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