Gilbert House Fellowship #138: 1 Kings 15; 2 Chr 13-16; 1 Kings 16; 2 Chr 17
THE TALE of two kingdoms continues in our Old Testament study this week. We get the stories of the northern kings of Israel Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, and Omri, and the southern kings of Judah Abijah, Asa, and Jehoshaphat.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #137: 1 Peter
ENDURANCE THROUGH suffering. That’s the overarching message of the epistle of 1 Peter. But there’s a lot more in there that we had forgotten.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #136: 1 Kings 12-14; 2 Chr 10-12
THE DIVISION of the kingdom of Israel is the focus of our Old Testament study this week. Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, gets some bad advice from his young friends, not just rejecting the request of the northern tribes for tax relief, but doing so with a rather crude euphemism.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #135: 1 Timothy, Titus
CHURCH LEADERSHIP and proper behavior for Christians is the focus of Paul’s letters that we study this week. Timothy had been left in charge of the church Ephesus, while Titus had been left on the island of Crete to shepherd the new church there.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #134: 1 Kings 10-11; 2 Chr 9; Proverbs 30-31
ENTANGLEMENTS WITH cares of the world, whether it’s business, politics, or personal relationships, can distract us from what we’re called to do by God.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #133: Ephesians 5–6; Philippians
OUR STUDY in the New Testament this week focuses on military formations and tactics, although it might not seem that way at first.Continue Reading