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“Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him! Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness.” – 1 Chronicles 16:29

I’m not going to lie; it is a little refreshing to move past the repetitive “in God’s favor/out of God’s favor” exchange found in 1 and 2 Kings. However, if my memory serves correct, there is much of the same to follow in the next too books.

Nevertheless, we have this beautiful poem ...

“For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.” – 2 Kings 21:3 (context: 2 Kings 21)

My biggest fear has always been that my children would stray away from what I tried to teach them and choose a path that does not lead to righteousness. Seriously, I remember as far ...

“For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.” – 2 Kings 21:3 (context: 2 Kings 21)

My biggest fear has always been that my children would stray away from what I tried to teach them and choose a path that does not lead to righteousness. Seriously, I remember as far ...

“But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the Lord our God,’ is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?” – 2 Kings 18:22 (Context: 2 Kings 18-19)

I had an atheist friend in college who always challenged me to prove God exists. My argument was always based on faith of which he always shot down as irrelevant and not the ...

“And they abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made for themselves metal images of two calves; and they made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.” – 2 Kings 17:16 (Context: 2 Kings 17)

It used to be a pretty effective tactic to make yourself a sign, stand in the middle of the busiest section of town, and shout to everyone God is angry about their behavior and is readying his ...

“Then Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much. Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests. Let none be missing, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal. Whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it with cunning in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal. – 2 Kings 10:18-19 (Context: 2 Kings 9-10)

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Sitting down drinking some coffee with a buddy of mine the other day (which is not completely true because he was the only one drinking coffee) and he interrupts my story about trying to give up peanut M&Ms and says, “So tell me about this church you’re working with Cartersville.” I get interrupted all the time so it wasn’t his blatant disregard for the end of my story that threw me off; it was the fact that I had heard ...

Sitting down drinking some coffee with a buddy of mine the other day (which is not completely true because he was the only one drinking coffee) and he interrupts my story about trying to give up peanut M&Ms and says, “So tell me about this church you’re working with Cartersville.” I get interrupted all the time so it wasn’t his blatant disregard for the end of my story that threw me off; it was the fact that I had heard ...

“In this matter may the LORD pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, leaning on my arm, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon your servant in this matter.” – 2 Kings 5:18 (Context 2 Kings 5)

My father used to always tell me how to do things and instead of letting me do them the way I ...

But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, 7then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. ...