Jump Start # 2849
Jump Start # 2849 1 Kings 4:1 “Now King Solomon was king over all Israel.” King Solomon—what a title. What an honor. What a responsibility. What a privilege. What a blessing. When We think of Solomon, most often one of three thoughts quickly come to our minds. He was the temple builder. He was the […]
Jump Start # 2848
Jump Start # 2848 Mark 4:41 “And they became very much afraid and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?” Just who is Jesus? Our verse is the reaction the disciples had when Jesus calmed the sea. Wet, scared, thinking death was imminent, they witness […]
Jump Start # 2847a
Jump Start # 2847 Acts 5:11 “And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all who heard of these things.” They are called “Yogisms.” They are the colorful, odd and backward sayings of Yankee great Yogi Berra. He had a bunch of them. He said, “When you come to a fork in […]
Jump Start # 2846
Jump Start # 2846 2 Timothy 3:1 “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.” As Paul instructs the young Timothy, he doesn’t paint a make-believe, everyone lives happily ever after picture. That wouldn’t be helpful for Timothy. Had Paul said that, Timothy might become disillusioned wondering when the “happily ever […]
Jump Start # 2845
Jump Start # 2845 Psalms 115:8 “Those who make them will become like them, everyone who trusts in them.” Most often when we read about idols in the Scriptures, it comes from the Prophets. Much of their work was rebuking God’s people for the folly of chasing after idolatry. But here in the Psalms, we […]