Daily D – 1 Kings 20:11

Daily D – 1 Kings 20:11 1 Kings 20:11  The king of Israel answered, “Tell him: ‘One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.’ ” (NIV) — Boastful blowhards quite often beat themselves.  Ben-Hadad became Ben-the-Has-Been after his...

Daily D – 1 Kings 17:14

Daily D – 1 Kings 17:14 1 Kings 17:14  “For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain on the land.’ ” (NIV) Luke 4:24-26  “Truly I tell you,” he...

Daily D – 1 Kings 16:18

Daily D – 1 Kings 16:18 1 Kings 16:18  When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and set the palace on fire around him. So he died, . . .” (NIV) — Overreact much?  This is a real problem. Time magazine had an...

Daily D – 1 Kings 11:1-3

Daily D – 1 Kings 11:1-3 1 Kings 11:1-3  King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not...

Daily D – 1 Kings 10:1

Daily D – 1 Kings 10:1 1 Kings 10:1  When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the LORD, she came to test Solomon with hard questions. (NIV) — It’s easy to get caught up in the details of this story and miss the focus...