Author: STEVE BALL

Hebrews 13:13-15 Through Him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge His name. Normally, some of the meat offered as sacrifices was available as food for the priests but, on the Day of Atonement, the high priest could eat no portion of the animal…

1 Kings 10-11 The Queen of Sheba 10 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions. 2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told…

Hebrews 13:9 Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings…which have not benefited those devoted to them. Immediately after reminding us that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever,” the author of Hebrews moves to a warning against strange teachings. The only way we will remain grounded in the truth of…

1 Kings 8-9 The Ark Brought into the Temple 8 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. 2 And all…

Hebrews 13:5-6 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for He has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Over the centuries, Christian theologians have recognized that the Law is laid out in great detail throughout the first 5 books of the Old Testament. But, the Law is…

1 Kings 6-7 Solomon Builds the Temple 6 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the Lord. 2 The house that King…

Hebrews 13:4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. In Genesis, God established marriage so that man and woman would not be alone and would be fruitful, multiplying humanity on Earth. Since marriage is the Lord’s good gift, God…

1 Kings 3-5 Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom 3 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. 2 The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had…

Hebrews 13:3  Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. In the New Testament, the authors of the epistles often divide their letters into two sections,  a section on doctrine, and how to live in light of the doctrine’s…

1 Kings 1-2 David in His Old Age 1 Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. 2 Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in…