When the Breaking News is Terrifying. Isaiah 36 and 37.

[Imagine the following newspaper story.] ASSYRIANS WARN OF COMING INVASION: Foreign Diplomats Speak Hebrew to People of Jerusalem, Warn Them Not to Trust King, Promise Warm Welcome in New Land. Jerusalem. 701 B.C. Three top officials from Assyria arrived today with a message for King Hezekiah: Surrender to King Sennacherib of Assyria and you andContinue reading “When the Breaking News is Terrifying. Isaiah 36 and 37.”

Trust God With Complicated Matters of International Diplomacy. 1 Samuel 29:3-4. 

One day David finds himself trapped in a complicated matter of international diplomacy. Saul’s quest to murder David had driven him to live among the Philistines. A year later the Philistines begin assembling armies to attack Israel. This creates a sticky situation. David claims to be loyal to the Philistines, but he knows he willContinue reading “Trust God With Complicated Matters of International Diplomacy. 1 Samuel 29:3-4. “