What Is the Best Way for Leaders to Judge Fairly? — 2 Chronicles 19:4-7, 9-10 2 Chronicles 19:4-6 (NIV84) “Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the Lord, the...
Which Voices Are We Listening to? — 1 Kings 22:4-8, 13-18. Ahab asks Judah to help him fight against Aram. 1 Kings 22:4-7 (NIV84) So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I am as you...
Letting Jezebel Call the shots costs Ahab his Posterity. — 2 Kings 21:7,25-29, Psalm 51:17. But what is God’s response to Ahab? This story gives us a window into Jezebel’s ongoing wickedness. Ahab wanted Naboth’s vineyard, but he won’t sell as...
Ever Feeling Like Giving Up? 1 Kings 19:4-5, 9, 15-16 Elijah did. He had warned Ahab 3 years earlier. God brought a famine and protected and provided for Elijah. Ahab was looking everywhere to find and kill Elijah because he called out Ahab’s sin in allowing Jezabell...
God does keep His promises both for good and for justice. The mighty city of Nineveh had outdone themselves in their sin against God. Their murder, sorceries, destruction of other peoples, their adding to their treasures and their self-assurance with their...
