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Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath, II
Passage: 1 Kings 17:17-24 We have been looking forward to this vacation for some time now. One, to see Reed and Jenea and little Kohen. It is hard knowing he is growing up not knowing us well, and that his other grandparents see him almost every day. Second, because Catalina is such a blessing to […]
Paul’s Exhortation in Ephesus
Passage: Acts 20:28-31 Luke has done us a great service by recording Paul’s last words to the elders of the church in Ephesus. Last week we considered the first half of Paul’s sermon in which he used himself as an example to them in how to serve the church faithfully. He gave three particular examples, […]
Paul’s Example in Ephesus
Passage: Acts 20:16-27 What’s the hardest good bye you have ever had to make? Dropping off a child for the first day of school or college is hard, lots of tears. Having a child move far away, and take grandkids with them is a sad event. Sending a husband or son off to war tore […]
Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath
Passage: I Kings 17:8-16 Remember where we are and what is going on. Israel is under the Baal worshipping King and Queen, Ahab and Jezebel. The politics of the nation has been corrupted to the core. “Truth is on the scaffold, Wrong is on the throne.” Psalm 11:3 “When the foundations are being destroyed what […]
Falling a Asleep in Church
Passage: Acts 20:1-12 We have before us the tale of two bad trips, Paul’s attempt to go to Jerusalem interrupted by an assassination plot, and Eutychus’ bad trip from a third floor window. Acts 20:1-6, Road Trip to Troas. Paul’s life was an unending series of trials, troubles, suffering, hardship. It seems all his journeys […]
Elijah, the Making of a Man Like Us
Passage: I Kings 17:1-7 “Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah.” This is the beginning of the prophetic era. God started with a priest as His representative (Moses to Samuel), then He used the kings (Saul to Ahab). But then the kings rejected God, and He raised up the prophets. Don’t be deceived […]