In 2002 Matt Redman recorded a hit song “Blessed be the Name of the Lord.” One of the lyrics is quote from Job 1:21 where Job declares in his thinking that God “gives and takes away.” Is that what actually happened? Insurance companies call random disaster an “act of God.” Is that true? [Job 1:21 […]
READ MORE According to some reports the chapter and verse designations in scripture were added in while by a book printer on horseback, traveling to Paris in the 1550s. Is this true? “The system of verse divisions that has prevailed to the present was the work of a Parisian book printer, Robert Estienne (Latinized as Stephanus; 1503–59). […]
READ MORE In Nehemiah 13:25, Nehemiah, (in charge of the city of Jerusalem just couldn’t take it anymore.) The city is restored, and the temple opens again for worship, but the people have returned to their forefathers’ sins. They have joined with the people of the land, married foreign wives, and even their children no longer spoke […]
READ MORE In Nehemiah 8, the people have returned to the ruined city of Jerusalem from captivity in Assyria. Nehemiah gathers the entire city to hear the reading of God’s word. For seven days, Nehemiah read and expounded the law with 12 elders of the city assisting him (a forerunner of Jesus and the disciples). [Neh 8:8 […]
READ MORE “If it Please the King, Send Me.” In Nehemiah 2:5-7 we find Nehemiah serving as the king’s cupbearer. The king noted Nehemiah’s countenance was sad and he inquired after his wellbeing. Nehemiah was afraid for to display sadness in the king’s presence could be a capital offense. Dashing of a prayer under his breath Nehemiah […]
READ MORE Following Apostle Warren Hunter’s suggestion, we read through the entire Bible every six months. What about you? You are where your attention takes you. The dominant narrative in your life determines your future. There is no life in Facebook, the new media, or popular culture but faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word […]
READ MORE Are you up against a wall? Be encouraged, for the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord – things are about to get better! In Ezra 7:11 Artaxerxes, king of Assyria receives an inquiry from Tatnai the governor concerning the work of God being done in Jerusalem. Tatnai wanted the work to […]
READ MORE Two hundred years before Judah went into captivity a prophet prophesied that a king named Josiah would rise up and deal with idolatry in Israel (1 Kings 13:2). Two centuries later a nine-year-old named “Josiah” came to the throne. At this time the Temple was abandoned and in total disarray. The young king commanded that […]
READ MORE In 2 Chron. 33 we read of King Manneseh who was a wicked king, going so far as to place an idol in the Temple. The king of Assyria came and took him captive and he suffered horribly in Nineveh for a long time. While in captivity he humbled himself and repented before the Lord. […]
READ MORE 1Ch 13:3 KJV -… let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul. After King David came to power he wanted the ark of God close that he might inquire of the Lord there. David points out in 1 Ch. 13:3 that […]
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