1. Absalom receives esteemed council.
  2. As Dr. Paulson works through chapter 6, he explains the difference between God lending out his power and proclaiming God's use of his power.
  3. Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about another podcast pertaining to Mars Hill and Mark Driscoll.
  4. קרע - The Lord said to Solomon, “Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant. 1 KINGS 11:11
  5. Today on the Almanac, we pause to consider the history of celebrating the Assumption or Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
  6. שׁקוץ - Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not wholly follow the Lord, as David his father had done. Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem. 1 KINGS 11:5–7
  7. Enemy at The Gates. In this episode, we read and discuss David Mark Whitford’s book, "Tyranny and Resistance." What are Christians to do when state and church unite to enforce laws that are in opposition to God’s Word and Christian freedom?
  8. אניה - King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon. 1 KINGS 9:26–27
  9. Today on the Almanac, we remember a modern martyr, Jonathan Daniels.
  10. In this episode we talk about who does what in repentance. It can be easy to put ourselves in the driver's seat of someone else's repentance.
  11. I believe… at least I want to.