1 Kings 3-5, Luke 20:1-26 • Key Verse: Luke 20:25 Almost two weeks have passed since what is considered the second- most stressful day in the year for an American adult—April 1.5, tax day. (Number one on the list is going to the dentist.) Perhaps you would rather not think...

1 Kings 1—2, Luke 19:28-48 • Key Verse: Luke 19:41 Two people can look at the same thing, at the same time, and see things differently. An old table in a dumpster looks like trash to one, a treasure to another. One set of fans at a championship game will...

2 Samuel23-24, Luke 19:1—27 • Key Verse: 2 Samuel 24:24 Most people like to get something for nothing. The less it costs, the better. – ‘ , ‘ – The opposite is true as well. At times people try to give what costs them nothing. If it was free to...

2 Samuel 21—22, Luke 18:24—43 • Key Verse: 2 Samuel 22:2 Near the Dead Sea in southern Israel is an immense flat-topped plateau called Masada. It is one of the most visited archeological sites in Israel today. A palace and fortress built by Herod the Great sits atop the plateau....

2 Samuel 19-20, Luke 18; 1-23 • Key Verse: Luke 18:1 When the starting gun is fired at the beginning of a marathon, it is anticipated that fewer runners will finish than will start. And that is not even considering those who one day decided to run a maratho’n and...

2 Samuel 16 – 18, Luke 17:20-37 • Key Verse: 2 Samuel 16:15 One of the most grateful testimonies of the joy of forgiveness is Psalm 32, in which David expresses both the pain of unforgiven sin and the pleasure of forgiveness. He suffered greatly for his sins of adultery,...

2 Samuel 14 – 15, Luke 17:1-19 • Key Verse: Luke 17:1 Have you ever been influenced? Of course you have. If people weren’t susceptible to being influenced, the entire advertising industry would collapse. Sometimes when filling out the registration card on a purchase you are asked, “Where did you...

2 Samuel 12—13, Luke 16 • Key Verse: Luke 16:29 I always have trouble seeing the 3-D images in those pictures that look like nothing more than colorful patterns. You hold them at nose length, stare through them as you slowly move it away from your face and, voilal, the...

2 Samuel 9—11, Luke 15:11-32 • Key Verse: 2 Samuel 11:2 Many times what we see gets us into trouble. The apostle John noted that the lust of the eyes does not come from God but from the world (1 John 2:16). The childrens chorus “Oh, be careful little eyes...

2 Samuel 6-8, Luke 15:1—10 • Key Verse: 2 Samuel 6:7 The more we focus on doing what pleases us, the less we will please God. That truth applies to many things, including worship. How we worship God is not a matter of “anything goes.” It especially is not to...