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Sorry about being a little tardy in my blog to day. I hope you didn’t give up on me. There are so many good things to do in a day, that writing occasionally gets bumped to a lesser priority. But … Continue reading →

Greetings, fellow Bible reader! If you’re reading this as part of a morning routine, I hope it helps you with what challenges your day holds for you. If you’re reading this at lunch, I hope it helps you make some … Continue reading →

“Happy Mothers’ Day!” to those of my readers who are moms. It’s an important job that you do; I’m glad you’re taking the time to fill yourself with the Word. The proverbist said, “Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, … Continue reading →

If you’ve already read today’s reading, you’ll know how fast the parade of kings is moving. Both Judah and Israel had kings that were less than completely faithful, but Israel had really gone off the rails and were about to … Continue reading →

Jezebel’s signet ring Today’s post covers a lot action — no less than three coups, assassinations, and a complete religious “cleansing”. But the points to consider here are actually few and pretty straight forward. Those who corrupt God’s way don’t … Continue reading →

Today’s reading tells the stories of the beginning of the ministry of Elisha, the successor of Elijah. But before we look at the application, let’s look at a few helps… Sons of the prophets — From as early as the … Continue reading →

The stories about Ahab, Elijah, and the northern kingdom of Israel provides lots of interesting food for thought. As always there’s far more here than I have time or space to comment on, but if you’ve got some lessons out … Continue reading →

Today we start the exciting stories of the prophets Elijah and Elisha. But before I launch off into a few thoughts about applications, I thought a little clarification could be useful. There’ve been a few “regime changes” in the northern … Continue reading →

As we enter into the era of the divided kingdom, it will be important to pay attention to some key phrases, in order to keep the stories straight in your mind. The biblical writer in 2 Kings is telling the … Continue reading →

A few helps: Sheba (as in “Queen of”) — a kingdom on the southern Arabian penisula, roughly equivalent to modern day Yemen (though probably smaller). It’s location made trade with the riches nations in the world easy. The Queen of … Continue reading →