Enter the Storm-God
2024-03-20
There are numerous examples in the Old Testament where epithets of Baal are applied to Yahweh. The prophets of God were sending a message to their pagan neighbors.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #148: 2 Kings 10-14; 2 Chr 24-25
2017-03-05
IRON AGE history is a bloody business, and the history of the kings of Israel and Judah is no different. This week’s Old Testament study looks at transfers of power — somewhat less than peaceful — in the generation following Ahab and Jehoshaphat.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #142: 1 Kings 22; 2 Chr 18-23
2017-02-12
GOD HAS a council that carries out His commands, and this week we get one of the few glimpses into its workings recorded in the Bible. It’s the story of Ahab’s demise in battle against the Syrians at Ramoth-Gilead, where the king of Israel is enticed by lying spirits to go to his doom.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #140: 1 Kings 17-21
2017-02-05
THE MOST famous confrontation between a prophet of the Lord and prophets of a fallen lesser elohim is at the center of today’s study. Of course we’re referring to the showdown between Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #138: 1 Kings 15; 2 Chr 13-16; 1 Kings 16; 2 Chr 17
2017-01-22
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