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He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. I Kings 15:13 Honestly, my wife would probably do better at writing today’s blog, which addresses the family member who is making the family sick, either by using drugs themselves or by enabling others to do…
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And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as David his father had done. He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 1 Kings 15:11-12 Working in addiction medicine, I do prescribe medications that can help cut down…
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And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done. . . They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. 1…
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Jeroboam said to his wife, “Arise, and disguise yourself, that it not be known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there . . .” 1 Kings 14:2 I get most of my news from two online news sources which I read daily. Both of these…
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After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people. 1 Kings 13:33 Recently, my daughter and I travelled to Indiana for a CrossFit competition, which was the biggest stage on which I had yet participated. I was excited and nervous…
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And he said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him. 1 Kings 13:18 During Family Practice Residency, I…
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And the king said to the man of God, “Entreat now the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” 1 Kings 13:6 Years ago, when we moved to the lake and I first began to venture out on the water, I bought a canoe…
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And when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” 1 Kings 13:4 Politics, to me, is infuriating to watch, as there is always one side doing the exact thing that offended them when…
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He went up to the altar that he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, in the month that he had devised from his own heart. And he instituted a feast for the people of Israel and went up to the altar to make offerings. 1 Kings 12:33 My family…
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So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” 1 Kings 12:28 I wrestled through college and, because I wasn’t very good, I lost…
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