The beginning of 2 Kings 18 starts off with Hezekiah succeeding his father, the most evil king of Judah, Ahaz. Israel was well known for having evil kings who had lead the Northern Kingdom into [Continue Reading…]
In Matthew 26:36-47, Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [Continue Reading…]
In Matthew 10, Jesus calls together His 12 disciples, giving them authority to drive out unclean spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. In verse 5, Matthew names these 12. Remember, they were uneducated [Continue Reading…]
Romans 6:1-14: Shall we go on sinning so that Grace may increase? (“Hayl no!”) We’re the ones who have died to sin; how then can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all [Continue Reading…]
When the Gentiles sin, they will be destroyed, even though they never had God’s written law. And the Jews, who do have God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey [Continue Reading…]
1 Samuel 17:12-58 takes us through the story of David and Goliath, and what an awesome story this is, and fight it turned out to be, not only because of the contrasts between sizes of [Continue Reading…]
One day, some time ago, I was taking a nap–in my car. A Little Background My wife and I used to live in Newport News, Virginia, and she’d gotten a job in Chesapeake. So she’d [Continue Reading…]
When my grandma passed away, I remembered that I had written a tribute to her a couple of years ago. I don’t know if this was foretelling, but when I was looking through the files, [Continue Reading…]
You know, it’s funny that if somebody is to understand what Christmas is and why we celebrate it, they have to understand who Jesus is and why God sent Him. In the past, I had [Continue Reading…]
This was actually a paper I wrote while in Seminary. The questions asked in it aren’t from other people, but my own, which I asked in order to answer them for this paper. I believe [Continue Reading…]
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