In which Ahab meets the sticky end predicted by Elijah…
And so we get to the final chapter of 1 Kings and with Helen away it is my task to conclude this book. So Ahab is still King of Israel and Jehoshaphat is the...
Monthly Archive: July 2015
I know what I want, what I really, really want……
So there was a man who had a vineyard. A vineyard that someone else wanted. And that someone else was the king. King Ahab wanted Naboth’s vineyard because it was near his palace and...
In your way and in your time…..
At the start of this new year, I made a couple of resolutions. Nothing unusual about that. I always do. No, what is unusual is that I am on my way to actually seeing one...
The hour after the hour before……..
Today’s topic is one that I am SO familiar with, I’ll start with my own take on it. You see, when I do something with a group of people – anything with any group...
Confidence is key
Today we’re going to look at the most well-known chapter and story in the book of 1 Kings from the perspective of confidence – confidence in our God. We first meet a local hero...
I still get jealous…….
In a series I’m watching on Netflix at the moment, a really bad man’s daughter is seriously ill with leukaemia. He commits atrocities out in his real world and yet when he’s with his...
Dealing with shades of grey……
So today we continue looking at the life of Jeroboam. Jeroboam is king of all the tribes of Israel apart from the the tribes of Judah. He does not want his people to return...
Who needs advice….?
So Solomon is now dead and his son Rehoboam is now king. Jeroboam, who had rebelled against Solomon, returns from Egypt and goes with the people to Rehoboam with a proposal – “Your father...
