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One of my clients is a luxury home builder in Texas. The company's specialty is the custom-built estate home on a large, private lot. One of their selling points is that they build homes that become lasting family legacies passed down from generation to generation. It all sounds good to…

Today is Palm Sunday. It's the day we remember and commemorate Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The event we are going to look at today takes place on a Sunday morning. Jesus likely spent Saturday night with his disciples; he likely…

Your average church-goer is probably familiar with the story of David & Goliath. Most of us have at least heard about David & Bathsheba as well. But how much more do we know about the Israelite king who was arguably the greatest of them all? God called David a man…

We human beings know innately that submission to God results in his blessing being poured out on us. Whether we acknowledge it or not, we know it's true in the depths of our souls. We even practice the principle ourselves. We reward our children for obedience. Employers reward workers would…

As we discussed last week in the introduction to Haggai, the book contains 4 separate and distinct prophecies. They seem to have a common theme: to encourage the Israelites who returned to Judah after the captivity of God's faithfulness. Why would that be necessary? Because these people and their parents/grandparents…

Today we begin a brief study in the book of Haggai. I say 'brief' because we only have two chapters here, for a total of just 38 verses. Despite it's short length, the book contains 4 separate and distinct prophecies. The first prophecy takes up the entire first chapter. The…