Gilbert House Fellowship #174: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chr 34-35
2017-10-29
JOSIAH IS remembered as one of the best kings of the House of David — indeed, he was the last good king of Israel.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #162: 2 Kings 18; 2 Chr 29-31; Psalm 48
2017-05-28
HEZEKIAH WAS a better king than any since David, and better than all those who followed. He repaired and restored the Temple, reinstituted the worship of Yahweh, and tore down the high places devoted to Baal and Astarte (not just in Judah, but in Israel, too).Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #161: Isaiah 21-27
2017-05-21
ISAIAH PROPHESIED the fall of Babylon before it had risen. At the time of the prophesies we read this week, Assyria was still the dominant power in the ancient Near East, but the phrase, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon,” was revealed to the prophet anyway.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #150: Jonah; 2 Kings 15; 2 Chr 26
2017-03-12
PRIDE AND repentance are the themes of this week’s Old Testament study.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #149: 2, 3 John; Revelation 1-3
2017-03-12
NOW WE get to the prophetic stuff! The Book of Revelation was written by John, either in the mid-60s A.D. or around 95 A.D. Most scholars believe it was the later date, during the reign of Domitian, although some believe it was thirty years earlier, during the reign of Nero.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #148: 2 Kings 10-14; 2 Chr 24-25
2017-03-05
IRON AGE history is a bloody business, and the history of the kings of Israel and Judah is no different. This week’s Old Testament study looks at transfers of power — somewhat less than peaceful — in the generation following Ahab and Jehoshaphat.Continue Reading