1 Chronicles 25—27, John 9:1—23 • Key Verse: John 9:3 Perhaps the most-oft asked question of God is “why? ” Sometimes people ask it in an accusatory tone, as if they can demand of God an explanation for His actions. Other times it is the plaintive cry of a searching...

1 Chronicles 22—24, John 8:28-59 • Key Verse: 1 Chronicles 22:19 People will stand in long lines this summer waiting for their turn to ride a roller coaster. After perhaps an hour or more, they will get their three minutes of thrill—or terror, as the case may be. At the...

1 Chronicles 19-21, John 8:1-27 • Key Verse: John 8:7 The easiest wrongs to identify and correct are those of others. By nature we are both faultfinders and fault avoiders. We can see the errors of others much more easily than our own and manage to expect change from them...

l Chronicles: 16-18, John7:28-53 • Key Verse: 1 Chronicles 16:29 Oh, the dilemma of what to wear! Clothing is more important to some than to others, but most of us have those times where we think, What should I wear? Dress at work may be a mandated uniform, an expectation...

1 Chronicles 13-15, John 7:1-27 Key Verses: 1 Chronicles 13:3, 15:13 Two familiar adages seemingly contradict each, other. One is, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” The other is, “When-all else fails, read the directions.” Perhaps if we combined the two we’d have the best advice—-something like,...

1 Chronicles 10-12, John 6:45-71 Key Verses: 1 Chronicles 10:13-14 “No statistic is more meaningless than the score at half time,” a sports philosopher once said. There have been some miraculous comebacks, and being ahead at the half is no guarantee of a win. What is true in sports is...

1 Chronicles 7—9, John 6:22-44 Key Verse: John 6:38 “Don’t ask me, I just work here” are words usually spoken by someone wanting to avoid responsibility, not as an expression of submission to authority. The obvious intent is to pass the buck, if not the blame, to someone higher up....

1 Chronicles 4-6, John 6:1—21 • Key Verses: 1 Chronicles 5:20, 25 It has been said that the problem with the school of hard knocks is that the tests are given first. That’s a hard way to learn—test first, lesson later. Paul, speaking particularly of the Old Testament, said that...

l Chronicles 1-3, John 5:25-47 • Key Verse: John 5:25 We are surrounded by death and reminders of it. In our homes may be pictures of family and friends who have died. Perhaps you were an heir and received an item that belonged to one of them, and that also...

2 Kings 24—25, John 5:1-24 Key Verses: John 5:16-17 What’s the big deal about an appendix anyway? I don’t mean the one at the end of a book, but the one that sometimes is removed by a surgeon. It really isn’t ‘important and goes unnoticed until it becomes a pain....