BIG IDEA: Distracted men produce a divided people   Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 10:14-15    "Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, besides that which came from the explorers and from the business of the merchants, and from all the kings of the west and from the governors of the land." Matthew 6:24 ESV  "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the ot

BIG IDEA: Distracted men produce a divided people   Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 10:1    "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." James 1:5   "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him." Solomon’s encounter with the Queen of Sheba (AKA the original “Spice Girl”) begins innocently with her desire to witness his wis

BIG IDEA: Distracted men produce a divided people   Scripture Reading:  Genesis 3:6   "So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate." Genesis 2:24  "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh."    The account

BIG IDEA for the week:  Godly wisdom leads us to repentance instead of tolerance Scripture: Galatians 5:16-18 (ESV) "But I say, walk by...

BIG IDEA for the week:  Godly wisdom leads us to repentance instead of tolerance Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:26-28 (ESV) "See, I am setting...