Dr. Robert Clinton from Fuller Theological Seminary having studied over 1300 cases of leadership with approximately 50 Bible Leaders and 100+ historical leaders and the rest being contemporary; his research focused on the WHAT and WHY of leaders not finishing well. It is not some mysterious covert...
Again, we were wrong, misguided, and ignorant of the walk of the true believer. And sure enough, Jesus explained what we were missing. Children were to become our focus. They were the ones who we were to emulate and esteem. The radical thing to us was understanding that these ‘little...
[an oath] to settle you.31But your children whom you said would become plunder, I will bring in, and they will know the land which you have despisedandrejected.32But as for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness.33Your sons shall be wanderersandshepherds in the wilderness ...
O my people, they who lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.World English BibleAs for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths. Literal ...
It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. / The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law applies to both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.1 Samuel 2:12-17Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD / or ...
ruled Judah as king. Jehoiakim was the son of King Josiah. It was also the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. TheLord's message was about the people of Judah.2So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the people who were living in Jerusalem....
“‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the Lord. 3 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your waysn and your actions, and I will let you liveo in this place. 4 Do not trustp in deceptiveq words...
“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news...
You who were found by the shepherds with Joseph and the newborn Child (Lk 2:16) – You who kept and meditated on all things in your heart (Lk 2:19) – You who offered Jesus in the Temple (Lk 2:22) – You who put Jesus into the arms of Simeon (Lk 2:28) – ...
Too cold for shepherds to be watching their flocks by night while a “Virgin” gives birth. Yes, the shepherding thing actually IS in the Bible (Luke 2: 7-8), but this was long before North Face mass produced adventure gear that could have made these conditions survivable, let alone tole...