Lesson 158 - History is His-Story
2 Kings 8; 2 Chronicles 21:1-22:6
08/10/2022God's plans seldom follow what we might expect or certainly how we would do things. But biblical history gives us a wonderful picture of God's... read more
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Lesson 157 - Trusting God in Desperate Times
2 Kings 6-7
08/09/2022
Lesson 156 - Healing Leprosy For Free
2 Kings 5
08/08/2022
Lesson 155 - A Ministry of Miracles
2 Kings 3-4
08/05/2022
Lesson 154 - When Truth Hurts
2 Kings 1-2
08/04/2022
Lesson 153 - Standing Strong ... Staying Alert
2 Chronicles 17-20
08/03/2022
Lesson 152 - Defiance, Disaster, and Death
1 Kings 22; 2 Chron. 18:1-19:3; 20:31-37
08/02/2022
Lesson 151 - The Day of Reckoning
1 Kings 20-21
08/01/2022
Lesson 150 - The Pain of Unmet Expectations
1 Kings 19
07/29/2022
Lesson 149 - Stealing Baal's Thunder
1 Kings 18
07/28/2022
Lesson 148 - Surprised by Ravens and a Resurrection
1 Kings 17
07/27/2022
Lesson 147 - The Parade of Kings
1 Kings 14-16; 2 Chronicles 12-16
07/26/2022
Lesson 146 - A Divided Kingdom
1 Kings 12-13; 2 Chronicles 10-11
07/25/2022
Lesson 145 - A Tragic End to a Glorious Reign
1 Kings 11; 2 Chronicles 9:29-31
07/22/2022
Lesson 144 - The Original King Midas
1 Kings 9-10; 2 Chronicles 7:11 - 9:28
07/21/2022
Lesson 143 - A New Era Begins
1 Kings 8; 2 Chronicles 5:2 - 7:10
07/20/2022
Lesson 142 - Building the Temple of God
1 Kings 6-7; 2 Chronicles 3:1 - 5:1
07/19/2022
Lesson 141 - Making a Wish for Wisdom
1 Kings 3-5; 2 Chronicles 1-2
07/18/2022
Lesson 140 - Passing the Torch
1 Kings 2; 1 Chronicles 29:26-30
07/15/2022
Lesson 139 - A Kingdom in Crisis
1 Kings 1; 1 Chronicles 29:20-25
07/14/2022
Lesson 138 - The Only Way to Live
1 Chronicles 22:6 - 29:19
07/13/2022
Lesson 137 - The Blessing of a Sensitive Conscience
2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21:1 - 22:1
07/12/2022
Lesson 136 - A Final Poem and a Hall of Fame
2 Samuel 22 - 23; 1 Chronicles 11:10-47
07/11/2022
Lesson 135 - Facing More Than One Giant
2 Samuel 20 - 21; 1 Chronicles 20:4-8
07/08/2022
Lesson 134 - Good Grief and Bad
2 Samuel 19
07/07/2022
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