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Don't You Believe in Miracles? - 1 Kings 17:17-24 - Nov 23, 2006 - 166
In the current issue of Dallas Connection, the alumni publication from Dallas Theological Seminary, Greg Hatteberg reflects on his wife's struggle with Multiple Sclerosis. I first met Greg and Lisa when I spoke at the DTS conference at Mt. Hermon Conference Center in California several years ago. Be ... More
Elijah and the Ravens - 1 Kings 17:2-7 - Mar 7, 2006 - 185
Until recently, everything I knew about ravens, I learned from Edgar Allen Poe. I don't know when I first read his poem The Raven, but it might have been in Mrs. Graves' ninth-grade English class. All I remember about the poem is the spooky refrain, "Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.'" And until I read a ... More
God's Mountain Man - 1 Kings 17:1 - Mar 7, 2006 - 187
Last December right after the tsunami disaster, my friend Ramesh Richard, a professor at Dallas Seminary, sent an email that contained a simple, one-sentence prayer. He called it a "dangerous prayer." The moment I saw that prayer I knew that it was going to be my prayer for 2005. It goes like this: ... More
Dry Brook University - 1 Kings 17:2-7 - Mar 7, 2006 - 184
Several generations ago British Bible teacher F. B. Meyer wrote a short book called Elijah and the Secret of His Power. In his introduction he notes that some people may think it rash to study Elijah's life because he is such a great man that we can never hope to be like him. We may admire him but w ... More
Resurrection Hospital - 1 Kings 17:17-24 - Mar 7, 2006 - 191
Of all the episodes in the life of Elijah, this is probably the most troublesome. There really isn't anything else like it in the Old Testament. In our text Elijah lays himself out over the body of a dead child and the boy comes back to life. And it's not exactly like the story of the resurrection o ... More
Chariots of Fire - 2 Kings 2 - Mar 8, 2006 - 193
What would you do if you knew that you were going to die today? What if you knew with absolute certainty that today was going to be your last day on earth? Suppose you had less than 24 hours to live. What would you do? Where would you go? How would you spend your last few hours on planet earth? If y ... More