The book of 2 Kings is, just as 1 Kings is, the chronicling of the Jewish kings after the death of King Solomon. The nation was split into two kingdoms, the southern kingdom being that of Judah and the northern kingdom of Israel. After about 80 years, or so, the northern kingdom of Israel, and … Continue reading Four Lepers and a Funeral (A Bible Study of 2 Kings 7:1-20 NKJV)
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Whiners Whine, It’s What They Do ( A Bible Study of Numbers 11:1-35)
On August 23rd, 2005, a tropical storm began to form off the coast of the Bahamas. Over the next two days, that storm grew in intensity, only barely becoming a hurricane shortly before making landfall in Florida on the 25th. As you would expect, the hurricane began to lose its strength at that point, and … Continue reading Whiners Whine, It’s What They Do ( A Bible Study of Numbers 11:1-35)
Jesus Christ, I Thee Wed
At some point over the past couple of months, while I’ve watched and read a lot of debate (some helpful, some not) over the issue of homosexual marriage; it occurred to me that we might be overlooking one aspect of marriage that we almost take for granted nowadays, the wedding itself. We talk about redefining … Continue reading Jesus Christ, I Thee Wed
…ARE DOOMED To Repeat It (A Bible Study of Jude 1:14-25) – Part 2
Those who forget history, ARE doomed to repeat it. That's what we began to see, in our last lesson, when we first opened the book of Jude, in its first thirteen verses (You can check out that lesson by clicking HERE). And we discovered that this epistle, was intended by its author, as a call … Continue reading …ARE DOOMED To Repeat It (A Bible Study of Jude 1:14-25) – Part 2
Those Who Forget History… (A Bible Study of Jude 1:1-13) – Part 1
My worst subject in school was always history. After all the years that I spent half asleep in my history classes, I can only tell you three things about history. George Washington had wooden teeth. Lincoln freed the slaves. And we landed on the moon. And I'm totally guessing that it happened in that order. … Continue reading Those Who Forget History… (A Bible Study of Jude 1:1-13) – Part 1
The Goldilocks Obituary
A big part of growing up is learning. Some lessons you learn by hearing, some you learn by seeing, some you learn by doing. And other lessons are learned by reading some whacked out stories about wolves and pigs and little girls with baskets. That's right, I'm talking about children's stories. Stories about animals doing … Continue reading The Goldilocks Obituary
Before the Foundations of the Earth 