2 Kings is a jumbled mess. It is the story of two nations who slowly ran themselves into the ground and ultimately were destroyed by their enemies because of their lack of obedience to God. That being said, notice that there are some key players and key events in 2...
Solomon succeeded David on the throne of Israel. Solomon began well and ended in tragedy. The downfall of Solomon’s reign was that he externalized the gold. He forgot that the gold that God desires for His people is the golden shine of a surrendered heart, not the...
2 Samuel is the story of David. David was considered to be a man after God’s own heart. (1 Samuel 13:14; Acts 13:22) Yet, it is easy to observe that David was far from perfect. He made some huge mistakes in his life. A valid question could be asked when reading 1 and...
Samuel was the last of his kind. He was the final Judge and served as a prophet of God. He was the baton-passer who helped to transition the nation of Israel from the era of theocracy in which the Law of God ruled the people, into the era of the monarchy in which a...
The true story line of the nation of Israel actually flows right from Judges into the book of 1 Samuel. Had we followed that continuous story line we may have found ourselves overwhelmed by the maelstrom of one blast of sinfulness to the next. If the story of the...
The book of Judges is the story of how the nation of Israel burst through the guard rails of God’s Law and went careening down into the valley of curses. Notice how, with each judge, there is a momentary upward cycle of repentance, but the inertia of this downward...
For eighty years you have lived in the shadows of one of the greatest leaders to have ever lived. You watched as God worked signs and wonders through His servant Moses. While everyone cowered in fear, Moses was courageous enough to stand before God and speak the truth...
The book of Deuteronomy is Moses’ final sermon before he dies; his Swan song. As the scene fades up from black on the opening page of Deuteronomy we see a 120 year old Moses standing in front of the children of the freed slaves. It has been 40 years since the people...
[slideshare id=175938357&doc=acartoonistsguidetogenesis37-50joseph-190925102355&w=600&h=400]Scroll through these images and use the links to read the corresponding scripture.Genesis 37:1-4Genesis 37:5-11Genesis 37:12-40:23Genesis 41:1-36Genesis...
Genesis 24:1-25:18Genesis 25:19-28:9Genesis 28:10-36:43
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