Pastor’s Blog

TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 KINGS 9:1-10:29 The Lord answers Solomon’s prayer. 2 Chronicles provides us with further detail. 2 Chronicles 7:1 1 Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the...

TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 KINGS 8:1-66 Up until now, the ark of the Covenant has been in the Tent of Meeting, but now, during the Feast of Tabernacles, Solomon directs the priests to carry the ark into the temple to be placed in the inner sanctuary....

TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 KINGS 7:1-51 Solomon’s palace took six years longer to build than it did to build the structure of the temple. We do not know why. Because the building of the temple was the national priority, it demanded the most attention....

TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 Kings 5-6:38 In Chapters 3 and 4 we learned of events that took place in the first three years of Solomon’s reign, before he began to build the temple. Solomon is mentioned nearly 300 times in the Old Testament and 12 times in...

TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 KINGS 3:4-4:34 Solomon goes to Gibeon, the most important high place, to worship the Lord. He offers 10,000 burnt offerings. While he is there, during the night he has a dream in which the Lord appears to him and gives him...

TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 Kings 2:1-3:3. King David gives his final charge to his son, Solomon, before he dies. He accepts his mortality. “I am going the way of all the earth.” He admonishes Solomon to be ready to lead in his absence. Most importantly,...

TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 KINGS 1:1-53 Today we begin the Book of Kings. Family intrigues follow David even to his dying days. David is ‘advanced in years’ and perhaps is suffering from poor circulation. He cannot get warm even while piling on clothes....

TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 2 SAMUEL 23:24-24:25 Remember the ragtag army that originally gathered around David when he was a refuge fleeing King Saul in the cave of Adullam? (1 Samuel 22:1) They were described then as men who were “in distress, in debt...

TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 2 SAMUEL 22:21-23:23 David acknowledges that the Lord is the source of His strength. In verses 20-27a we have the righteousness of another King in view. This King has the righteousness that David desired, but did not attain. The...

TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 2 SAMUEL 19:11-20:13 Although David was from the tribe of Judah, apparently the elders of Judah aligned themselves with Absalom’s rebellion. It is hard for people to swallow their pride when they discover they have backed the...