Category Archives: 2Chronicles

Under the Influence

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Pete

There’s a foreboding about the summary of the reign of the kid king in 2Chronicles 24. You read the words and though they sound very familiar they don’t sound quite right. Common for the writers of Kings and Chronicles to … Continue reading →

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A Funny Thing (a 2013 rerun)

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Pete

Reading in 2Chronicles again this morning.  Hovering over the account of King Asa’s reign and thinking again of how easy it seems to be for those who start well to not finish so well.  That seeking the LORD now doesn’t … Continue reading →

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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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