The name of Solomon is still evocative today. He is a striking picture of a man who possesses. In fact, his name is most familiar to us as a possessive adjective—Solomon’s wisdom, Solomon’s mines, Solomon’s wives, Solomon’s wealth, Solomon’s temple. And this characteristic of possession is the basis of the story we must tell about …
Marriage As Manifest Glory XXXV
INTRODUCTION: As we begin to wrap up this series on marriage, the topic today (for husbands) is love, sacrifice and authority. Next week we will consider (for wives) respect, submission and authority. The element the two have in common is obviously that word authority, and once we refresh ourselves with the principle, we need to …
The Poet Warrior
The story of redemption is not just a story about forgiveness being bestowed upon us in some heavenly transaction. It includes that, of course, but we must never forget how this salvation unfolds in the greatest story that any man ever told. And that story includes the slaying of dragons, the fall of ancient civilizations, …
Moses the Christian
God had told Abraham that his descendants would spend four hundred years in another nation. This particular exile began in the days of Abraham’s grandson, Jacob, and his great-grandson, Joseph. The children of Israel went down to Egypt 70 strong, and they emerged from that land 400 years later, an enormous multitude. But the various …
Marriage As Manifest Glory XXXIV
INTRODUCTION: We have learned that being a godly Christian husband or wife is a subset of being a godly Christian period. That being the case, we see that certain characteristics that all Christians are to share readily have a peculiar and pointed application to husbands and wives. With this in mind, we need to take …
Marriage As Manifest Glory XXXIII
INTRODUCTION: As we have noted, men as husbands can fail in their calling to be masculine in various ways. But men and women are a fallen race together, and women also stumble in their calling to be feminine. Remembering that folly is a moral category in the Bible, we need to deal with the fact …
From Abram to Abraham
After the Flood, the sons of men attempted to recreate the civilizational glory that had existed before the Flood. We have to remember that we should not look at ancient civilization through the lens of evolution—men gradually striving to progress. Rather, we have learned the story of a great Fall, in which man was created …
Our Father Noah
The story of the great Flood is a tremendous story of judgment, victory, faith and grace. About 1600 years after the creation of the human race, God visited this great catacylsm upon us — but He nevertheless spared the human race through a righteous man with the name of Noah. Our people survived this great …
Man and Ishshah
Once upon a time, in the very beginning of our world, the great Creator God made the heavens and the earth. The earth was misshapen and unformed, and the Spirit of the Lord hovered over the waters. The great Creator created all things in just six days, beginning with light on the first day. On …
Marriage As Manifest Glory XXXII
INTRODUCTION: The messages this week and next have perhaps been implicit in what has been said thus far, but there is still a need to make it explicit. This week we need to address the truth that men are stupid, and next week consider the corresponding truth that women are stupid. A more biblical way …