~28 years after the Temple Dedication The Story Of The Kingdom Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. And as soon as Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then...
~28 years after the Temple Dedication The Story Of The Kingdom And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go...
Click here to go back to Part 3 Preparation for Advent Part 4 ~20 years after the Temple Dedication The Story Of The Kingdom Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from...
Preparation for Advent Part 3 Click here to go back to Part 2 ~10 years after the Temple Dedication The Story Of The Kingdom Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, besides that which came from the explorers and from the...
Click here to go back to Part 1 Preparation for Advent Part 2 ~1-10 years after the Temple Dedication (The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, 1890; Artist Sir Edward John Poynter, England) The Story Of The Kingdom Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the...
Preparation for Advent Part 1 Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my...
A friend of mine asked me recently, “How do you prepare for Advent?” I sat there to reflect for a moment. I don’t think I’d ever thought of it. I’m not prepared because, if I’m honest, I’m not anticipating or expecting anything. It’s just another round of the...
All Hallows Eve (aka Halloween) is a very popular and well know holiday. It’s a big business too with a market that generates more revenue that every other American holiday than Christmas (sorry Easter Bunny you are second to pumpkins and candy). The ironing is that...
I woke up one morning recently at 5 am after a long season of fasting. These words literally hit me as I lay there in the dark. I could barely write them down fast enough as I fumbled to find something to write on. Later that morning I cleaned them up a bit at the...
I called my pharmacy the other day. My children and grandchildren were in town and we needed some meds. The outgoing message when I called said, “If it’s an emergency…(wait for it)….please dial 911.” I was not surprised. But, I was reminded of a very common message...
I’ve been a Christian for many years. And, I’ve had many experiences and been a part of many churches in that time. This journey started when I was a curious 13-year old. All my Catholic friends on my soccer team were going through something they called...
I got this question recently and it made me think. Since this has been a long-term practice for me, I hadn’t really thought about it in a while, so I think this was a healthy exercise for me and my beliefs and convictions. I have to start this answer back at PineCove...