A Royal Pain | Part 11
Posted March 2, 2010 – 10:37 am in: MessagesWho You Gonna Call?
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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 time we [...]
A Royal Pain | Part 10
Posted February 22, 2010 – 3:16 pm in: MessagesAll for Vegetables?
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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 looked at an ancient [...]
A Royal Pain | Part 8
Posted February 8, 2010 – 11:12 am in: MessagesJezebel Jitters
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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 the first time in 3 [...]
A Royal Pain | Part 7
Posted February 1, 2010 – 2:52 pm in: MessagesRain
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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 his victory in [...]
A Royal Pain | Part 5
Posted January 18, 2010 – 11:57 am in: MessagesTroublemakers Unite!
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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 a troublemaker. Elijah turned [...]
A Royal Pain | Part 4
Posted December 7, 2009 – 12:57 pm in: MessagesWho’s Your Hero?
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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 Royal Pain | Part 3b
Posted November 23, 2009 – 4:10 pm in: MessagesA Wing and a Prayer (Part 2)
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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 on the power [...]
A Royal Pain | Part 3a
Posted November 16, 2009 – 11:38 am in: MessagesA Wing and a Prayer (Part 1)
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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, each of [...]
A Royal Pain | Part 2
Posted November 10, 2009 – 11:54 am in: MessagesYahweh’s Counter-Attack
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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 than a touching [...]
A Royal Pain | Part 1
Posted November 3, 2009 – 12:27 pm in: MessagesA Fearsome Forecast
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This week we started a new series on the life of Elijah. In order to understand the prophet himself, we spent some time looking at the world he lived in—especially the influence of Baal through Ahab’s wife, Jezebel.
Elijah was one reckless prophet. He entered recorded history in [...]
