First Kings Saturday, August 7, 2010 More Than Imagined (I Kings 8:62-66) We often make the mistake of not planning big enough. Church fell...

First Kings Friday, August 6, 2010 Not One Word (I Kings 8:54-61) Life comes with a lot of limited warranties. Store clerks press consumers...

First Kings Thursday, August 5, 2010 When Worse Comes to Worse (I Kings 8:44-53) Whenever someone asks, “What’s the worst that can happen?” ...

First Kings Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Strangers (I Kings 8:41-43) From earliest age children are taught an aversion to “strangers.” “Don’t ...

First Kings Tuesday, August 3, 2010 When Heaven Hears (I Kings 8:27-40) Folks like to think that God answers every prayer. The truth is tha...

First Kings Monday, August 2, 2010 None Like Him (I Kings 8:22-26) Tolerance, political correctness, and ecumenism all conspire to attribute...

First Kings Sunday, August 1, 2010 Good Intentions (I Kings 8:12-21) Sometimes good intentions get a bad rap. It’s natural to question the ...

First Kings Saturday, July 24, 2010 Freedom Threatened from within (I Kings 1:1-18) Freedom is under constant threat by the insidious tempta...

First Kings Friday, July 23, 2010 Truth’s Most Becoming Garb (I Kings 4:25-34) Great leaders communicate effectively with their followers. ...

First Kings Thursday, July 22, 2010 Many Hands, Light Work (I Kings 4:1-24) It’s impossible to do everything yourself. Whether a family, bu...

First Kings Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Thinking Outside the Box (I Kings 3:16-28) There’s more than one way to skin a cat. When we face the c...

First Kings Tuesday, July 20, 2010 The Principal Thing (I Kings 3:4-15) Most people hold education in high esteem. Parents plan for their c...

First Kings Monday, July 19, 2010 Seeds of Apostasy (I Kings 3:1-3) Sincerity is not the highest form of fealty to God. Many a sincere man ...

First Kings Sunday, July 18, 2010 Commitment Is the Issue (I Kings 2:35-46) People break agreements far too easily in our day. Many rationa...

First Kings Saturday, July 17, 2010 Getting Religion: a Last Resort (I Kings 2:28-34) For some people, God becomes the court of last resort...

First Kings Friday, July 16, 2010 Numbered Days (I Kings 2:26, 27) “Your days are numbered!” mother used to exclaim in exasperation. What s...

First Kings Thursday, July 15, 2010 Leave “Well Enough” Alone! (I Kings 2:10-25) When we are the grateful recipients of another’s mercy, wis...

First Kings Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Payday Someday (I Kings 2:5-9) The Bible speaks of the law of sowing and reaping (Galatians 6:8). Or, ...

First Kings Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Be a Man! (I Kings 2:1-4) History attaches great importance to the last words of a man. Some men utter s...

First Kings Monday, July 12, 2010 Give a Guy a Break (I Kings 1:41-53) Not infrequently, people do stupid things. Actions stem from either ...

First Kings Sunday, July 11, 2010 Instinctive Leadership (I Kings 1:31-40) At times, decisive action means the difference between crisis and...

Saturday, March 6, 2010 Trouble on Steroids (I Samuel 17:1-14) “Into every life some rain must fall.” So goes the old saying, assuring us t...

Friday, March 5, 2010 Attitude Adjustment (I Samuel 16:14-23) Attitude has a bearing on everything in life. From simple, temporary depressi...

Thursday, March 4, 2010 Cream Rising (I Samuel 16:12-14) A saying common among rural folks instructs us that “the cream always rises to the ...

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Not What We Were Expecting (I Samuel 16:6-11) God’s ways are not man’s ways, and often God’s choices do not fit wit...

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Wasted Tears (I Samuel 16:1-5) Genuine friendship mourns deeply its losses. Those who love strongly grieve intensely...

Monday, March 1, 2010 Fear and Failure (I Samuel 15:23-35) After what must have been a heated conversation between him and Samuel, King Saul...

Sunday, February 28, 2010 Better than Sacrifice (I Samuel 15:16-23) Human nature always attempts to buy its way out of trouble. Rather than...

Saturday, February 27, 2010 Red-Handed (I Samuel 15:7-15) When one is caught “red-handed,” it is human nature to quickly make excuses for in...

Friday, February 26, 2010 The Baby and the Bathwater (I Samuel 15:1-6) I Samuel 15 records Saul’s Amalekite war. The Amalekites were longst...