I recently had a road trip through the Bible belt and saw a billboard advertisement for a church that read, “Church the way it used to be . . ." I think that I get what they are trying to convey, but I can’t say that I agree with it. My guess is … [Continue reading]
This evening I read 1 Kings 9 where God answers Solomon’s prayer of dedication of the Temple. In 1 Kings 9:8 God tells Solomon that the Temple will become a heap of ruins if Israel and her kings go after other gods and serve them. The thought … [Continue reading]
1 Kings 3:1, 3 (ESV) 1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around … [Continue reading]
1 Samuel 24:6 (ESV) 6 He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is the Lord’s anointed.” As I read this, i thought of Romans 13:1-2 where Paul … [Continue reading]
In our never-take-no-for-an-answer, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps culture, perhaps it is difficult to understand Jonathan’s actions in 1 Samuel 20:12-17. We live in a world where self-promotion is expected; encouragement to “look out for #1” is … [Continue reading]
This post is not a reflection on the Bible, but I thought that I would share some thoughts about fantasy literature. I had a cold / flu over the weekend, so spent a lot of time on the couch with the TV remote in my hand. Normally I prefer reading … [Continue reading]
