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I Believe – 2 Kings 12
Would you be happy if your children only chose to serve the Lord because you wanted them to? Some parents might be satisfied with that, but wise parents would know that the faith of their children needs
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...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...Saying No to the Powerful – 1 Kings 22:1-40
I heard a commentator this morning being asked why he thought members of Congress in the Republican party had not spoken out against President Trump’s remarks about certain Congresswomen going back
Continue reading...What Is Your Armor – 1 Kings 20
When you think about the things nations do that have global implications, like the U.S. invasion of Iraq, it becomes apparent that nations often do things that make the situation worse or act hastily under
Continue reading...Trusting God in Times of Persecution – 1 Kings 18:1-19
We do not live in times of much persecution for our faith here in the United States. Our fellow Christians in India, Bangladesh, China, Iran, Dubai and Sri Lanka, just to name a few, are suffering much
Continue reading...God of All Creation – 1 Kings 16:29-17:24
Calvary Rescue Mission began in a local church that was nudged out of downtown Memphis by Urban Renewal. The founder used the old church building as the church moved out east. He had very little financing
Continue reading...Get on Your Donkey – 1 Kings 13
What would have happened if Israelites of the northern kingdom newly separated from Judah had chosen to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem instead of worshiping at the sites Jeroboam created in Bethel and Dan?
Continue reading...Goodbye, Independence – 1 Kings 12:25-33
In the United States this is the day, July 4, that we celebrate independence from England and becoming our own sovereign nation. Jeroboam had led the northern ten tribes of Israel to independence from
Continue reading...Chinks in Splendid Armor – 1 Kings 4
There is a proverb that speaks of something being as inappropriate as a gold ring in a pig’s snout (Proverbs 11:22). Something that beautiful on something so dirty and who uses his nose to root around
Continue reading...Orthodoxy and Heresy: 2 Peter 1:1,2
I recently was in a meeting about a governance approach the organization I belong to is trying to promote. We were talking about different approaches to governance and about not including one of the hallmarks
Continue reading...How Should We Then Live: Ecclesiastes 11:1-8
Years ago a well-known apologist/evangelist, Dr. Francis Schaeffer, created a video study called “How Should We Then Live,” an attempt to give a Christian answer to the world our philosophical
Continue reading...Proverbial Wisdom: Ecclesiastes 7:1-14
The Jews believed that God was the fount of wisdom for His people and that God used wise people to convey that wisdom. The Proverbs were considered gems of wisdom from God. It was understood that these
Continue reading...Paradigm Bind and Lack of Faith: Daily Thoughts from 2 Samuel (2 Samuel 6:1-11)
I vividly recall, after graduating from seminary and being unable to find employment, that I became fearful that something I was failing to do was blocking God’s blessing. I settled on the fact that
Continue reading...Any Port in a Storm: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 28)
Sometimes our self-made solutions to our problems are dependent on our own abilities, at times when, though the problems are great, we feel we can manage them our way. Other times the problems are so overwhelming
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