After the kingdom divided, king after king ruled in Israel and Judah, and there was one common denominator among them: their success was directly dependent on their obedience to God. It is a tricky thing, reading this one-to-one correlation between obedience and success. We often try to read into this text a rule for our […]
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Rehoboam and Jeroboam; two kings of a split kingdom. Two men leading poorly and doomed to lead a doomed people. For the Lord stood against them both. When there is a split among God’s people, seldom is one side right and the other wrong. Both sides try to follow God but do so differently. And […]
Reputation is a difficult thing for us in the church. First, the culture around us not only values it but worships it. Reputation is what drives success and all the more so since the advent of social media. From Yelp to Facebook, a soiled reputation means failure in business, relationships, and self esteem. And a […]
Reputation is a difficult thing for us in the church. First, the culture around us not only values it but worships it. Reputation is what drives success and all the more so since the advent of social media. From Yelp to Facebook, a soiled reputation means failure in business, relationships, and self esteem. And a […]