In a world where relativism is popular, what can we learn from King Ahab and Jezebel, regarding the destructive consequence of coveting?

Elijah communicated truth to Ahab and was regarded as the enemy. Do we regard the conviction of the Holy Spirit...

Does God really forgive wicked people? It seems like sometimes God should just bring down a hammer of judgment, but instead he shows incredible mercy. In the life of Ahab we see God’s desire to show mercy even to those who have not deserved it.

We are all on a path and, like any path, it goes in two directions. The people of Israel had been walking away from God collecting the nasty consequences of their choices. King Ahab’s example will show us what that path looks like and in contrast the...

God uses Ahab’s disobedience, and his condemnation, to show His true heart for sinners and warn of the dire consequences of getting this truth wrong.

We hear lots about grace in the Christian circles. In the reformed tradition grace is our banner as we proclaim salvation in Christ alone, through faith alone, by grace alone. But sometimes grace is a concept hard to comprehend in its full depth and...

The wars between King Ahab and Ben-Hadad are both a victory and defeat. Through it, we learn about spiritual defeat. When we use God, limit his power and refuse his word, we can expect defeat. God ultimately wants us to know him, trust him and obey...

After leading an incredible, public, mountain top victory for the LORD on Mt. Carmel, Elijah quickly falls from the peak of his career to the lowest point of his career. In the three stories contained in 1 Kings 19 we observe Elijah despair of life...

There are moments of great triumph and moments of great sorrow in the Christian life. This is a moment of despair and seeming failure in Elijah’s life, yet it is also a time when God meets with him most powerfully. While things may look bleak in our...

In Elijah’s despairing over unmet expectations we discover a prophet who is very much like we are. Yet, in the midst of his despair we uncover the biblical antidote and are exposed to God’s impossible grace towards us.

In our lives, we all have things that we prioritize over certain things. Sometimes we can hold those as a priority over God. But today, we’ll see in 1 Kings 18 that the Israelites had their idols and the fake god of Baal as a priority over God. What...