Category Archives: 2Chronicles

Unholy Alliances

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Pete

He might have loved her, but he couldn’t live with her. He married her, but he wouldn’t move in with her. He gave her his heart, but she couldn’t share his home. Because, though she was his honey, she wasn’t … Continue reading →

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No Remedy

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Pete

You’ve gotta think they just might be two of the most chilling words that could be spoken to someone or about someone . . . “No remedy.” No more healing . . . Incurable . . . Game, set, match! … Continue reading →

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A King on His Face

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Pete

There’s no substitute for leadership. And I’m not talking about the “do as I say” type of leadership but the “do as I do” type. You can teach . . . you can preach . . . you can provide … Continue reading →

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Clouding the Spiritual Mind

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Pete

Another kid king. Takes the throne at 16 years of age . . . rules until he’s 68. But another king who starts well and ends not so well. Another king tripped up by his success. Another king bounced because … Continue reading →

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Voices

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Pete

A king’s reign, forty years, captured in about nine-hundred words. That’s what you have in 2Chronicles 24. The reign of King Joash summarized in but a few paragraphs. And as you read the account you can’t help but notice the … Continue reading →

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What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Pete

They are described as not just a horde, but as a “great horde.” Moabites, Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites. A great multitude of fighting men all gathered together for one purpose — to come in battle against … Continue reading →

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I Will Hear From Heaven

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Pete

Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised that it occurs seven times. Not that I’m big into biblical numerology, but it just seems right that, if seven is the number of perfection and completion in the Scriptures, then one of the most … Continue reading →

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Who Am I?

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Pete

So different . . . and yet so much the same. In time we are separated by three millennia. In terms of relative rank he was a king of a great nation, I was once the boss of a pretty … Continue reading →

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The Josiah End of the Continuum

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Pete

They are at opposite ends of the spectrum. They comprise the two outer most points on the continuum. They are Josiah and Zedekiah, both kings of Judah. Josiah, chosen by the people, became king at eight years of age (2Chron. … Continue reading →

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Senior Pride-itis

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Pete

The warning of the kings of Judah continues in 2Chronicles this morning. And it’s not so much in the kings who “did evil in the sight of the Lord” . . . that’s not where I am at. But the … Continue reading →

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