So on the advice of his counselors, the king made two gold calves. He said to the people, “It is too much trouble for you to worship in Jerusalem. Look, Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!” (1 Kings 12:28) Read: 1 Kings 12:20 – 13:34, Acts 9:26-43, Psalm 132:1-18, Proverbs 17:6…
But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men and instead asked the opinion of the young men who had grown up with him and were now his advisers. (1 Kings 12:8) Read: 1 Kings 11:1-12:19, Acts 9:1-25, Psalm 131:1-3, Proverbs 17:4-5 Relate: “You’ve always got a better story.” It wasn’t a compliment. I thought it was…
He fell to his knees, shouting, “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” And with that, he died. (Acts 7:60) Read: 1 Kings 8:1-66, Acts 7:51 – 8:13, Psalm 129:1-8, Proverbs 17:1 Relate: I have never been stoned. Neither have I ever had men throwing rocks at me to the point of death. However, there was one…
God showed up because God is God and He can do whatever He wants wherever He wants however He wants.
Once again the people picked up stones to kill him. Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?” They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God.” (John 10:31-33) Read: 2…
What does it really take to be a man?
If Jesus’ name alone saves, is that referring to the English, or the German, or the Latin, or the Greek, or the Hebrew, or the Aramaic version?
Wrong. WRONG! This lie, so frequently told, is catastrophically mistaken.
Suicide is not the act of nobility or of courage. Real courage would face up to our mistakes and failures and find a way through them. Real nobility seeks to inspire the change they would like to see rather than escape the changes they fear.
“What is truth?” Pilate asked. (John 18:38) Read: 2 Samuel 15:23-16:23, John 18:25-19:22, Psalm 119:113-128, Proverbs 16:10-11 Relate: Breakfast had been ruined. True, it was not the most lavish of meals, but I enjoyed having a bit of emmer with honey along with some figs and wine in the cool of the day. Breakfast was my…
THE RIVER WALK 