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Rehoboam was King Solomon’s son and heir. When Solomon died, the leaders of the people made a request of Rehoboam before they would submit to his rule: they asked him to lighten the burdens (taxation, forced labor on government projects, etc.) that they had endured under Solomon.
Before answering, Rehoboam consulted the older men who had served his father. They told him that if he would be a servant to the people and grant their petition, he would win their loyalty. But Rehoboam rejected their advice and went to his younger peers.…
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Time Flies, but You Are the Pilot
Do you ever find yourself asking the question, “where did the time go?”. As I get
older, that feels like something I find myself asking quite often. Whether it’s in a
small sense of losing track of time out on the golf course, or a larger scope of
seeing 28 years of my life pass in what felt like mere seconds. The strange thing
about time is that no matter how fast or slow it may seem, the clock still ticks at
sixty seconds per minute, sixty minutes per hour and twenty-four hours per… -
Abraham: Father of Faith and Faithful Father
Out of all the men in the ancient world, why did God choose Abraham to receive
His blessings and his promises? Abraham had many remarkable traits such as
his generosity and hospitable nature, his honorable dealings with others, and his
godly attitudes and respect for the Lord. Even so, scripture reveals another
important reason that might go unnoticed: God chose Abraham because of the
kind of father he would be. In Genesis 18:19, God says of Abraham “For I have
chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to -
I AM A SINFUL MAN
(Michael R. Baggett)“...for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Matthew 9:13).
When you read about the Pharisees do you get the impression they think they are “all that and a bag of chips?” The Pharisees criticized Jesus for eating with tax collectors who were known to overtax people for personal gain. When the Pharisees asked why Jesus ate with sinners, Jesus told them “...I am not come…
