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    Temple Dedication (1 Kings 8)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 20, 2025
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    What can we learn from the temple's dedication by Solomon? Let's look at 1 Kings 8.

    How did Solomon dedicate the temple to the Lord and bless the people to His service? Who does the temple ultimately picture? Let’s begin in 1 Kings 8. How did Solomon bring the sacred box containing the engraved stones of the covenant, the ten commandments, into the temple? Then Solomon assembled ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Conditional Promises (1 Kings 9)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 22, 2025
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    Do we have conditional promises in regard to obedience? Let's begin in 1 Kings 9.

    What are the consequences of obedience and disobedience to God? Is obedience no longer required under a new covenant? Let’s look at 1 Kings 9. What were the blessings Solomon would receive, if he would walk before God? When Solomon had finished the building of Yahweh’s house, the king’s house, ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Solomon's Reputation (1 Kings 10)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 23, 2025
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    How does Solomon's wealth and wisdom compare with letting our light shine? Let's begin in 1 Kings 10.

    How impressive was Solomon’s reputation? What makes a Christian’s reputation shine, wealth, wisdom or good works? Let’s begin in 1 Kings 10. What did the queen of Sheba, on the southern Arabian Peninsula, do when she heard of the wisdom of Solomon? And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Solomon's Idolatry (1 Kings 11)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 26, 2025
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    What is today's idolatry? Will wisdom and wealth help us? Let's look at 1 Kings 11.

    Is obedience to God more important than wealth and wisdom? Can a wealthy and wise man become a fool? Is greed a form of idolatry? Let’s begin in 1 Kings 11. What did the wisest man on earth do that was very foolish? What was the result? How selfish was his polygamy, a lonely woman seeing her ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Divided Nation (1 Kings 12)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 28, 2025
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    How could the sins of one man divide a nation? Let's look in 1 Kings 12.

    What led to Jeroboam joining Israel as king? Why did Rehoboam remain only as Judah’s king? What is more important than geography in worshipping God? Let's begin in 1 Kings 12. How did the older, wiser elders of Israel counsel Rehoboam? And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Believing A Lie (1 Kings 13)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 30, 2025
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    Should we check everything preached to us against the Bible? Let's look at 1 Kings 13.

    Should we believe those who claim to have a message from an angel, or obey the word of God? Let’s begin in 1 Kings 13. What dangerous mission did an unnamed man of God embark upon? Did he make a prophecy of Josiah, over 300 years in advance? A man of God came from Judah to Bethel by a revelation ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Both Kings Die (1 Kings 14)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 1, 2025
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    Why did both kings of Israel and Judah die? Let's explore 1 Kings 14.

    Why did the kings of Israel and Judah face punishment? Did either of them repent? Do we? Let’s look at 1 Kings 14. Did Jeroboam’s wife visit the prophet Ahijah about her sick son Abijah? Did she come disguised, not realizing that God sees all? About the same time, Abijah son of Jeroboam got sick. ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Good King Asa (1 Kings 15)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 2, 2025
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    What can we learn from 3 bad and one good king? Let's look at 1 Kings 15.

    Were all Israel’s kings bad? Were some kings of Judah good? Are there good and bad leaders in the church? Let’s look at three bad kings and one good king in 1 Kings 15. How could we summarize bad king Abijam’s reign of Judah? Abijam began to rule over Judah in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Five Bad Kings (1 Kings 16)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 3, 2025
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    What can we learn from five bad kings of Israel? Let's look at 1 Kings 16.

    What characteristic was common to the kings of Israel that made them bad? What can we learn from this? Let’s look at five kings of Israel in 1 Kings 16. What was God’s message to King Baasha king of Israel by the prophet Jehu? Now the word of Yahweh came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Elijah's Drought (1 Kings 17)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 3, 2025
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    What can we learn from a lonely, rejected prophet that fits the life of a true believer? Let's look in 1 Kings 17.

    Did God provide for a man who told the truth, but was ignored by the world? Is the life of a true follower of God often lonely? Let’s look at 1 Kings 17. While God punished Israel for its idolatry by a drought, did He provide for a prophet? Elijah from Tishbe, who was one of the settlers in ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Elijah Stands Alone (1 Kings 18)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 4, 2025
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    Must a servant of God sometimes stand alone? Let's look at 1 Kings 18.

    If we speak for God, must we be willing to stand boldly alone in the face of opposition? Are we really alone? Let’s look at Elijah’s loneliness in 1 Kings 18. What did Ahab assign to Obadiah because of the famine in the land? Now it happened after many days that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ellijah's Depression (1 Kings 19)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 6, 2025
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    Are depression and persecution sometimes the result of serving God? Let's look at 1 Kings 19.

    After great accomplishments for the Lord, are persecution and depression sometimes normal? Does God come to us with gentle encouragement? Let’s look at 1 Kings 19. What did Jezebel threaten to do to Elijah after she heard the news? Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Space To Repent (1 Kings 20)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 7, 2025
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    Does God give us space to repent? Let's look at 1 Kings 20.

    Did God show mercy to Ahab in the hope of repentance? Does God also give us a chance to repent? Let’s look at 1 Kings 20. What did king Ben-Hadad of Aram do to Israel and king Ahab? Now Ben-Hadad the king of Syria [Aram] gathered all his forces together; thirty-two kings were with him, with ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ahab's Covetousness (1 Kings 21)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 9, 2025
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    Does covetousness still plague us today? Let's look at 1 Kings 21.

    Was Ahab also idolatrous by coveting somebody’s private property? Are we greedy, covetous idolaters? Let’s look at 1 Kings 21. Did Ahab act like a spoiled child because Naboth refused to sell him his vineyard? Meanwhile, there was a man named Naboth from Jezreel who owned a vineyard that was ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Popular Lies (1 Kings 22)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 10, 2025
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    Do we perpetuate popular lies or God's truth? Let's look at 1 Kings 22.

    Did King Jehoshaphat want to hear the truth rather than popular, lying flattery? Should we follow the crowd or God and His Word like Micaiah? Let’s look at 1 Kings 22. Did a large number of false prophets encourage Ahab contrary to God’s will? Are there false church leaders today who would ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist