Elijah

  • Worshipping the Roman God

    And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 1 Kings 19:12b  NIV Gentle whisper – You know the story.  Elijah calls down fire from heaven.  He proves YHVH is the only God.  He slaughters Jezebel’s four hundred false prophets.  Victory is his.  Then a single, wicked woman sends him a threat and Elijah, “ran for his…

  • Ba’al and the Canaanite Religion

    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of [a]the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”             1 Kings 17:1 NASB Rain – Four points need to be understood concerning the…

  • Revisiting Elijah

    (originally November 2, 2007) And when some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Behold, He is calling for Elijah.” Mark 15:35 This one is worth repeating.  About a year and a half ago I wrote this Today’s Word.  It was the keystone in the arch of my understanding.  For thirty years, I had…