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Kings? Why Kings in Israel?
Kings? Why Kings in Israel? Moses led the tribes of Israel out of Egypt in the Book of Exodus, and they were very loosely

1 Kings 17-19 the Mauling on the Mount
Elijah vs. the Prophets of Baal—the Mauling on the Mount If we pick up the history of Israel at the end of King Solomon’s

1 Kings 1-2, Davids Promises
1 Kings 1-3, David as the Godfather by CHARLIE TAYLOR I think Mario Puzo got his idea for the ending to the novel and

Judges 8:30-9:57, Rise and Fall of Abimelech
Judges 8:30-9:57, Rise and Fall of Abimelech After Gideon and his 300 men defeated the horde of Midianites and Moabites in Judges 7 and

Judges 4-5, Deborah and Barak
Judges 4-5, Deborah and Barak As we expected at the end of Judges 3, it wasn’t long before the sons of Israel fell back

Judges—The Cycles of Human Behavior
Judges—The Cycles of Human Behavior Judges 21:25 sums up the plight of the human race, “Everyone did what was right in his own eyes”.

Joshua 24 Farewell Discourses
Farewell Discourses of Moses, Joshua, Jesus, and Paul There are many famous farewell discourses by great men in the Bible. Those that stand out

John 4—the Living Water
John 4—the Living Water The one question about Christianity that never seems to go away, and people have been asking me for thirty years is,

Inheritance Promises to Israel
Inheritance Promises to Israel One of the key promises of God in the Bible that has always made the Jews a special people is

Josephus—the Fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD
Josephus—the Fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD Josephus was a Jewish historian who wrote near the end of the first century two books about

John 9—Believing is Seeing
John 9—Believing is Seeing The fourth of the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:8-10 says on the seventh day of the week “you shall not

John 8:31-36—Liberty and Freedom for All
John 8:31-36—Liberty and Freedom for All One of the great quotes in the history of the United States came from Patrick Henry at the

New Testament Freedom
New Testament Freedom Genesis 1:27-28—“God created man in His own image…to subdue the earth and rule over …every living thing” Genesis 2:15—“the Lord took

John 7—the Rising Opposition to Jesus
John 7—the Rising Opposition to Jesus In John 7:1, we read that “after these things Jesus was walking in Galilee”, and purposefully staying away from

John 7 Structure
John 7 Structure Topics—1. Uncertainty as to who Jesus is Controversy over the Sabbath healings Who is at work, God or the devil? Rising

John 6:26-69, the Themes of the Bread of Life Discourse
John 6:26-69, the Themes of the Bread of Life Discourse After Jesus had performed the miracle of feeding the 5000 with bread and fish

John 6—the Bread of Life
John 6—the Bread of Life In John 6:2, we read that a great multitude was following Jesus “because they were seeing the signs which

Themes of the Bread of Life Discourse John 6:26-69
Themes of the Bread of Life Discourse John 6:26-69 v35, “I am the Bread of Life, he who comes to Me shall not hunger”