Playlist: Asa, Reforms of (topic)
Asa's Laodicean Attitude
Sermonette byKing Asa started his reign trusting in God's intervention and providence, but like the Laodiceans, he finished his course weak and compromised. Here's why.
Asa
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughAsa's reforms unfold within the chronicler's larger demonstration that God consistently deals with His people according to covenant terms: blessing loyalty and punishing rebellion. Coming to the throne after two spiritually deficient predecessors—his secularist grandfather Rehoboam, who never prepared his heart to seek …
Homosexual Marriage?
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughDuring the reigns of Judah's kings, several rulers took distinct approaches to addressing the presence of ritual perverted persons—qedeshim—in the land, a term connected to the abominations condemned throughout the Old Testament. Rehoboam, son of Solomon, allowed such perverted persons to remain in the land, doing …