A Fiery Finish [Audio clip: view full post to listen] At the end of Abraham’s life, he died. At the end of Moses’s illustrious law-receiving career, he died. Even Jesus died (albeit in the middle of his life). At the end of Elijah’s troublemaking career, he was lifted up to heaven in a whirlwind! Sunday Read more
Who You Gonna Call? [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Elijah’s life is told in both 1 and 2 Kings. In their original form, however, they were just one book. That means the life of Elijah is placed right in the center of the book of Kings. This week we looked at the second-last Read more
All for Vegetables? [Audio clip: view full post to listen] From Kashmir to Tibet, from Palestine to Caledon, land disputes and the wars they spawn are a fact of human existence. Dave B. reminded me of the words of Mark Twain following this Sunday’s service: Buy land, they’re not making it anymore. This week we Read more
Jezebel Jitters [Audio clip: view full post to listen] It’s axiomatic: the lowest valleys in life follow the highest peaks. Elijah’s life is no exception. Look at what just happened: He watched his God drop fire from heaven to consume his offering He slaughtered 450 prophets of Baal He prayed for and received rain for Read more
Rain [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Last week we looked at the showdown between the prophets of Baal and Elijah. That was likely the most spectacular moment that any Israelite had ever witnessed. If that was the most spectacular, then this week we looked at the most important: rain. Now that Yahweh’s demonstrated Read more
Troublemakers Unite! [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Oh, it’s on. Elijah’s second visit with King Ahab was about as abrupt and unexpected as the first. He wandered out of the desert and gave Ahab some instructions: Meet me on Carmel. We’re going to settle this once and for all. Ahab (predictably) called Elijah Read more
Who’s Your Hero? [Audio clip: view full post to listen] In 1 Kings 18, we’re presented with three different characters: King Ahab Steward Obediah Prophet Elijah Last Sunday we took a look at these three people and asked ourselves a couple questions: Who am I most like? Which person should I strive to be like?
A Wing and a Prayer (Part 2) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This message is the second half of the one we started last week. In it we look at four more lessons about prayer from Elijah’s encounter with the dead child: Prayer and Desperation, Power, Life, and Providence. In particular, we focused Read more
A Wing and a Prayer (Part 1) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] I sat down to write a message on the episode concerning Elijah and the widow’s son (1 Kings 17:17-24) last week. The more I studied, prayed, and considered the text, the more lessons on prayer jumped out at me. In fact, Read more
Yahweh’s Counter-Attack [Audio clip: view full post to listen] I was going to call this message “Yahweh Strikes Back”, but I didn’t want to equate Yahweh with Empire—he has far more in common with the Rebellion. (If that sentence made no sense to you, I apologize for the Star Wars reference.) This story’s far more Read more
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