Billy Bray — The Glad Man
Evangelist Billy Bray would break into singing in the middle of his sermons, and say, “He has made me glad and no one can make me sad.” […]
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July 26, 2024 — Grace Even For Jehoiachin
“’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far And grace will lead me home.” —John Newton Imagine the view from heaven as the Books of the Kings conclude. Jerusalem is a ruin. The holy vessels lie at Shinar, in the house of Nebuchadnezzar’s god. No sweet savor arises to Your nostrils from the Great Altar […]
Episode 26: Furniture — The Anointing Perfume and the Incense
July 25, 2024 — Governor Gedaliah
Some battles we lose because the enemy is strong; some are lost because we simply run away. The siege of Jerusalem was over. The walls had been breached, and the royal family decimated. Now “in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of […]
July 24, 2024 — The Final Blow
The last ruling priest (Eli), the last judge (Samson), the last king—all blind. And the last church? (Rev 3:17). The Babylonian army built a siege wall around Jerusalem and then sat down to watch the city die. Due to Hezekiah’s forethought, the inhabitants had access to water which ran from the Gihon Spring through a […]
July 23, 2024 — End Of The Line
Events are happening quickly as the foundations crumble under Judah. It’s kingdoom time! Jehoiachin, Judah’s penultimate king, also called Jeconiah or Coniah, has been so evil, abetting the kingdom’s hopeless unravelling, that God solemnly declares, “Write this man down as childless, a man who shall not prosper in his days; for none of his descendants […]
Guilty…No More
Many Christians, in spite of confessing their sins to the Lord, feel constantly condemned. But, says John, even “if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart” (1 Jn 3:20). In fact, adds Paul, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom 8:1). How can this be? […]
July 22, 2024 — Bankruptcy
Strange how the people must be taken far away to discover what He had given them back at home. “Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king” (2 Ki 23:36), and was dead by age 36. During that time, he was enthroned and renamed by Pharaoh Necho of Egypt, becoming his chief fund-raiser in […]
Too Clever For Your Own Good
The world wants you to be sophisticated; God wants you to keep it simple. This story explains what He means. […]