Manasseh’s Counter-Reformation, Part 2

MANASSEH’S COUNTER-REFORMATION, PART 2TEXT: 2 Chronicles 33:1-25; 2 Kings 21:1-18SUMMARY: The reign of Manasseh, who “seduced Judah to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel,” was a repudiation of his father Hezekiah’s leadership, a stain on his nation’s history, and a rejection of the true and […]

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The Sorrowing Saint Reassured

THE SORROWING SAINT REASSUREDTEXT: Psalm 73SUMMARY: As the Psalmist is unsettled by the peace and prosperity of the ungodly, he ponders the futility of his own faithfulness; but when he is struck by his recognition of their end, he is reassured by his remembrance of God’s faithfulness.I. THE PEACE AND PROSPERITY OF THE UNGODLY (vv. […]

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