“How long will you hesitate between two opinions?” It wasn’t just a question for the people of Elijah’s time. For let’s face it: there are all sorts of conflicting truth claims swirling around us today. Some people insist that money is the key to happiness, while others place their emphasis…

What happens to a country when its rulers set themselves above the law? That was, after all, what Jeroboam had done. He had been made king of the northern tribes of Israel after they had revolted against Rehoboam and the dynasty of David that was based in Jerusalem (I Kings…

Yesterday, we saw how Rehoboam and the people of Israel repented, how they turned back to God in a time of great distress (II Chronicles 12:6). But wouldn’t it be better to learn from the sins of our ancestors instead of repeating them? Wouldn’t it be better to devote ourselves…

It’s an all too familiar pattern: when people become prosperous and peaceful they cease to have any time for God. That’s what seems to have happened to King Rehoboam and his subjects: when his kingdom was “established and strong,” he and all his people “forsook the law of the Lord”…

“Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me. And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all…

“I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let’s go to the house of the Lord!’” Can we honestly say the same thing every Sunday morning? Are we excited to gather with other believers for worship? And if so, why? Well, notice that David doesn’t mention any of the reasons…

Hallelujah! That’s an ancient Hebrew word that has entered our English vocabulary, and it means, “Praise the Lord.” But Psalm 150 doesn’t just begin and end with this summons. No, it summarizes so much of what the entire psalter tells us about the worship of God, and thus forms a…

“Education is overrated.” That’s not exactly what we would expect to hear from Solomon, who has spent the entire book of Ecclesiastes trying to get us to think about our lives, to examine our priorities in greater depth. And he gave it his best shot, as “he pondered, searched out…

Where is the justice in this world? As the Book of Ecclesiastes bears witness, God’s people have been asking this question for a long time. When the Babylonians tore down the Temple, when the Romans crucified Christ and threw His followers to the lions, when the followers of Mohammed killed…

Why do wicked people seem to prosper? Why is there so much injustice in this world? According to verse 11, it is natural for human beings to wonder about such things. Because we are made in the image of God, we have “eternity” in our hearts – we are able…