Tag: Relationship
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Obadiah: It Is Only 21 Verses
The Battle Continues In our last post, we explored the birth of Esau and Jacob and how dysfunctional the family was. Even during her pregnancy, we are told a battle waged within the womb of Rebekah. At birth, Jacob the second born reached out grabbing the heal of his older brother as if to pull…
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Obadiah: It is Only 21 Verses
Recently, a group of pastors were sitting around talking, sharing, really enjoying our time together. I ask the others: “Have any of you ever preached a sermon from the book of Obadiah?” None of them had. I followed up by asked if any of them had ever really studied it? All had read it but…
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A House Divided
Knowing their thoughts he said to them, “Every Kingdom divided against itself is laid to waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.” Matthew 12:25 There was a time when I looked upon this passage and thought; “How silly, how can a house be divided against itself.” Obviously this viewpoint was from a…
Pastor Lester Bentley 