Amos 3-4
The first picture is a good environmental reminder to help save the physical earth. The second is the lesson in Amos 4 on how to save one’s soul. Both are important but which is far more important?…
2 Kings 5
Bible Passage: 2 Kings 5 A maiden took from Israel Yet found compassion in her soul For those who scarred her childhood tale She told of power to make one whole The warrior great, in his own day…
1 Kings 16
Bible Passage: 1 Kings 16 Who and when does God punish? Baasha was punished for his idolatry but only after he had died and then again only after a long reign of 24 years (I Kings 15:33).…
1 Kings 8
הַבַּיִת לְשֵׁם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Ha bayith l’shem Adonai Elohei Yisrael The House to the name of the LORD God of Israel. Bible Passage: I Kings 8 This chapter records the grand dedication of the completed temple.…
2 Samuel 16
A coup d’état. Imminent civil war. Confusion. Bible Passage: 2 Samuel 16 Characters move in and out of the stage. Decisions have to be made. Ziba, servant of Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan: He comes to help David…
1 Samuel 13
Bible Passage: 1 Samuel 13 The two explanations above are modern day parallels to the views of Saul and Samuel in this chapter. Worried that the soldiers were leaving him because of a lack of activity, Saul…