TRUSTING IN other people will usually disappoint. This week’s reading in Psalms is timely, giving that we’re less than three weeks away from electing a new president in the United States. Continue Reading
SOLOMON’S prayer of dedication for the Temple includes a phrase we read often in the Psalms, “steadfast love,” which is sometimes translated “mercy,” “favor,” “loyalty,” or “lovingkindness.” Continue Reading
SOLOMON’S PRAYER of dedication is a wonderful petition to God, asking Him to listen to the prayers of His people. Solomon notes that repentance, turning from sin, is important, and that “there is no one who does not sin” (1 Kings 8:46), a concept we see again in the NewContinue Reading
THE SIN OF THE WATCHERS is framed by the Book of 1 Enoch as a violation of the natural order.Continue Reading
SOLOMON SPENT more time building his palace than he did constructing the Temple of Yahweh!Continue Reading
BECAUSE DAVID had been a man of war, the task of building the Temple in Jerusalem fell to his son, Solomon.