1 & 2 Kings (Program #13) – The Reign of Athaliah and Joash over Judah
The history of the kings of Israel and Judah recorded in the books Kings and Chronicles includes many troubling accounts of corrupt politics, twisted and distorted religion and even murder between those vying for leadership over the kingdom of Israel and Judah. As startling as problems of this magnitude may seen among God’s people, an honest consideration of the more contemporary history of God’s people, that is us, His New Testament believers, the church reveals that within the church today, at least in principle many of these same kinds of problem are still present. But what is most critical for us today is to realize whether we are talking about that ancient history between the kings of Israel and Judah or leadership among those in the church today. The root cause of many of these things is the same and that is the ease with which God’s people accept and tolerate division.
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Acts (Program #63) – The Propagation in Asia Minor and Europe through the Ministry of Paul’s Company (29)