A Gentle Ramble Through the Bible - Evers Bible Class

                                                    2 Kings 22:1-2 and 2 Chron 34:1-3 and Zephaniah and Isaiah 1-6    A Cauldron from the North After Manasseh’s death and the assassination of the next guy in line, 8 yo Josiah comes to the throne. He follows th...

                                                   2 Kings 18-21 and 2 Chron 32-33 and Isaiah 36-39, 49-53    The King of Assyria Defies God Despite Isaiah going naked in warning, Hezekiah still turns to Egypt for help. Assyria pounces and Hezekiah quickly rea...

                                                  2 Kings 18:1-12 and 2 Chron 29-31 and Isaiah 14 (v24-end), Isaiah 18-20    Hezekiah Becomes King - The First Passover, Again When Ahaz dies, his son Hezekiah becomes king and immediately tosses all the idols out of...

                                                 2 Kings 17 and 2 Chron 28 and Isaiah 9 & 50, Hosea & Micah   The Last King of Israel The Lord’s going to take one more shot at saving Israel, and it’s going to be a dramatic one. This time, he doesn’t just have th...

                                                2 Kings 15 and 2 Chron 26 and Isaiah 1-4   War on All Sides--so what does that have to do with Jesus? What if you were attacked on all sides simultaneously? And what if the Lord showed up and said, “Don’t worry. I will pro...

                                               2 Kings 15 and 2 Chron 26 and Isaiah 1-4   Isaiah and a Peek at the End Times King Uzziah of Judah is pretty proud of himself. Judah is thriving under his economic leadership. So he figures he should be more important than anyon...

                                              2 Kings 15 and 2 Chron 26 and Amos   Amos: The "Not A Prophet" Amos isn’t a prophet--nobody in his family is a prophet--but the Lord takes him from Judah and sends him to Israel to proclaim the coming disasters about to overtake Israe...

                                             2 Kings 14 and 2 Chron 25 and Jonah   Israel's on the Brink so God sends Jonah Israel gets Jeroboam version 2, and he's as bad as his namesake. You'd think the Lord would come down hard, right? The problem is--Israel's borders have shr...

                                            2 Kings 11-13 and 2 Chron 23-24 and Joel   Here Come the Prophets--but no one listens Athaliah seizes power in Judah and kills all her own grandchildren. True story. She misses one though, due to some heroics by a gal named Jehosheba. That b...

                                           2 Kings 8-10 and 2 Chron 22   Jezebel Gets What's Coming to Her As do her son, the King of Judah, and her grandson, the King of Israel. It's a complete rout and lots of old prophecies get fulfilled--as the story says, "Not a word the Lord spe...

                                          2 Kings 2, 6-7 and 2 Chron 21   Elijah Makes a Dramatic Exit Elijah goes out with a quite literal bang, and Elisha gets a double portion of his spirit (Elijah told him to be careful what he wished for!). Elisha gives the King of Aram fits in a hila...

                                         2 Kings 1, 3-5 and 2 Chron 19-20   God Brings Out the Big Guns Not only are dates getting more solid, but we're beginning to run into historical records that corroborate biblical accounts. This commemorative monument ("stele") was set up by one of I...

                                        1 Kings 19-22 and 2 Chron 17-18   Elijah Finds a Successor while Israel and Aram go to War Ben-Hadad of Aram picks a fight with King Ahab of Israel. Ahab has virtually no military resources to respond. With his back to the wall, who does he turn to? His i...

                                       1 Kings 16-19   The Prophet Elijah -- Fearless Fireworks and Deep Depression The northern kingdom is in a state of turmoil. We’ve got a civil war within a civil war. Total chaos. Finally, Omri seizes the throne and when he dies his son Ahab becomes king. A...

                                      1 Kings 12-15, 2 Chronicles 10-16   The Great Divide Solomon was the last great king of Israel. After his death, his son Rehoboam’s arrogance causes the kingdom to split into civil war. The ten northern tribes make Jeroboam king, while Rehoboam is left only with...

                                     1 Kings 11, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes   Solomon's Got It All--Wealth, Wisdom, and Women What could possibly go wrong?  Solomon has absolutely everything going for him--good looks, wealth, wisdom, everyone admires him, and the Lord picked him to be king. Bu...

                                    1 Kings 3-10, 1 Chr 22-29, 2 Chr 1-9   Solomon, Wisdom, and the Temple  After a rocky start, Solomon builds a grand and peaceful kingdom with a brand new Temple as its centerpiece. The Lord grants his wish for wisdom to rule the people and throws in massive riches...

                                   2Sam 19-23, 1Kings 1-2   David Fights Back  David fights back against Absalom and wins, but his kingdom comes at the cost of his son’s life. David is heartbroken.  There’s a strange sequence of events as David returns to Jerusalem. He meets the same cast of ob...

                                  2Sam 14-19   Absalom Makes His Move  After Absalom kills his brother Amnon in revenge for the rape of his sister Tamar, Absalom flees across the Jordan. There he bides his time...convinced he is King David’s rightful heir. Through a little subterfuge, Absalom is given an...

                                 2Sam 10-13, 1 Chr 18-20   David and Bathsheba, Tamar and Amnon  Entitlement and privilege are a deadly combination.   I know...these folks in the Bible are over the top. They are so human! It hits painfully close to home. There are some trigger warnings this week: ra...

                                2Sam 3-9, 1 Chr 11-17   Two Kings. Two Commanders. Something's Gotta Give!  King David and King Ish-Bosheth. Commander Joab and Commander Abner. The struggle that began between Saul and David is about to bear fruit.  David continues to have a heart for the Lord, but cracks...

                               1Sam 26 - 2Sam 2, 1 Chr 10   David joins the Philistines. Talk about a plot twist!  The Philistines are Israel's arch-enemies. But sure enough, David joins forces with them and even marches to battle with them against Israel.  No. Really? David, as in King David? Yup. We've...

                              1 Samuel 20-25   What happens when enemies fall into our grasp?  The answer might surprise you. The power struggle between King Saul and David is life or death. David flees Saul's court and is betrayed. Pressed to breaking point, David faces a tough choice when he catches Saul unaware...

                             1 Samuel 16-19   David fights Goliath, but Saul fights a giant too  Saul fights mental illness. At first it seems like simple arrogance combined with a serious case of Imposter Syndrome, but this week King Saul develops a full-fledged case of paranoia.  David arrives on the scene...

                            1 Samuel 12-15   Saul is Screwing up Royally!   It's like every time he does something, he messes up. And every single time it has to do with disobeying a specific instruction from God. Why does Saul make this so much harder than it needs to be? Samuel pulls no punches. He rakes Saul ov...