The phrase that commends Joash is also the phrase that qualifies him, and the qualification deserves a long, honest look.…
Sending singers ahead of soldiers is not a military strategy, that is faith on another level. When Jehoshaphat positioned the…
It is one of the most disarmingly honest prayers in all of scripture, and it came from a king. A…
Asa's beginning was one of the finest in Judah's royal history. But the book of his leadership closes on a…
Asa inherited a kingdom soaked in idolatry. Not the kind that crept in gradually during his watch, but the kind…
God handed Jeroboam ten tribes on a plate. Not through ambition or scheming, but through a direct prophetic promise delivered…
He had the most powerful throne in the ancient world handed to him on a plate. He destroyed it in…
Before Israel ever had a monarchy, before Samuel anointed Saul, before any palace was built in Jerusalem, God had already…
In the ancient Roman world, a triumphal procession was one of the most spectacular events in public life. When a…
The lone warrior is a compelling image. The solitary figure who faces impossible odds alone, who needs no one, who…