Preparing for the Lord's Day Kingdoms in Conflict In our passage for this week, we continue to learn about Elijah's time with the Sidonian widow. As you remember from last week the Lord provided unending provision for her and her son as Elijah stayed in their home. However, in this week's passage tragedy strikes her home; her son grows ill and dies. Being raised in a ...

Preparing for the Lord's Day Kingdoms in Conflict This week's passage is about the Lord's provision during times of hardship. In response to Ahab's apostasy, the Lord sends a drought upon Israel. This drought was designed for two purposes. The first was discipline for false worship. The second was grace to teach Israel that the Lord alone provides. Baal was the Canaanite...

Preparing for the Lord's Day Kingdoms in Conflict Growing up during the Cold War era it felt as though the conflict with the Soviet empire was an unchanging reality. The evil of the atheistic communist government was so entrenched that its continuation seemed inevitable. However, almost overnight the empire crumbled, and Soviet rule was ended. What seemed to be an unconq...