Joseph Durso
Short-sighted Christians
Why all this talk about kings? My dear readers, inherent within all of us is the propensity to rule. Contained in Genesis 1:28, which...
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Joseph Durso
- May 7, 2021
- 4 min
Christianity is Not Primarily a Creed
Today Churches that come under the umbrella of "Christianity" are primarily defined by the creed they espouse. For this reason, they...
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Joseph Durso
- Apr 30, 2021
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The Sacrifice of the God-King
Sometimes in this world, we all throw terms around that we would never use if we rightly understood our reasoning. "I will love you...
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Joseph Durso
- Apr 23, 2021
- 3 min
A Humbling Letter
"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother" (Proverbs 18:24). He is most blessed...
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Joseph Durso
- Apr 9, 2021
- 4 min
The Sovereignty of God The King
To fully appreciate why Jesus is the king of kings, a person must receive the whole truth regarding salvation. Why? Because a sinful...
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Joseph Durso
- Apr 2, 2021
- 4 min
Solomon's Song
For my regular followers, I apologize for backtracking to Solomon. In God's sovereignty, I was not clear thinking last week regarding...
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Joseph Durso
- Mar 26, 2021
- 4 min
Revival Through The King of Kings
Beginning with Samuel, God blessed Israel with truth-tellers; God calls them prophets. A true prophet tells the whole truth, and his...
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Joseph Durso
- Mar 19, 2021
- 4 min
Solomon: Used by God
My dear readers, upon further consideration, I have decided to add one additional post about Solomon before concluding with Solomon's...
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Joseph Durso
- Mar 13, 2021
- 4 min
Hard-Hearted Solomon Part 17 in The Tale of Four Kings
We are presently looking at the first three kings in Israel's history, Saul, David, and Solomon. We will eventually conclude this series,...
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Joseph Durso
- Mar 6, 2021
- 4 min
Solomon Taught Better than He Lived Part 16 in the series The Tale of 4 Kings
Have you ever stepped back from the pages of Scripture to consider that maybe Solomon was not the man that most assume him to be?...
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Joseph Durso
- Feb 27, 2021
- 4 min
King Solomon in Word and Deed
The Scriptural Analysis of Solomon's Actions The first lesson the student of scripture must learn is to not impose upon the text his own...
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Joseph Durso
- Feb 20, 2021
- 5 min
Be Warned and Comforted
After speaking to a dear brother, I realized that some people reading about Solomon might not understand that God can use the unsaved as...
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Joseph Durso
- Feb 6, 2021
- 3 min
David and Solomon
We began this series by understanding that it was a horrible sin committed by Israel asking for a king, by which they sought to replace...
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Joseph Durso
- Jan 8, 2021
- 4 min
David: A King with A Heart for God - Part 5
There are many reasons why David was a man and a king possessing a heart for God. We see David in Scripture as a man with faith in God in...
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Joseph Durso
- Jan 2, 2021
- 5 min
David: A King with a Heart for God - Part 4
Do you ever contemplate the scriptures, study the Greek and Hebrew words for the specific purpose of discovering what exactly God means...
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Joseph Durso
- Dec 25, 2020
- 4 min
David: A King with a Heart for God - Part 3
"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely was coined by the 19th-century British politician, Lord Acton. His thought...
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Joseph Durso
- Dec 18, 2020
- 4 min
David: A King with a Heart for God - Part 2
Our introduction to king David is a rudy, red-haired boy who flunked the king test by appearance. The only thing that David could get at...
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Joseph Durso
- Dec 4, 2020
- 4 min
David: A King with a Heart for God
The Bible is the only book throughout history that is referred to as the Word of God. Jesus declared to be the Son of God by His...
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Joseph Durso
- Nov 15, 2020
- 4 min
Saul: The Judas King - Part One, A Matter of Perspective
In my last article, we saw that Israel rejected God as being king over them when they chose to have a man rule over them in His place....
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Joseph Durso
- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
The Value of a Judge Over a King
A Account of Four Kings series "Now Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life." (1 Samuel 7:15) Samuel's story is certainly not...
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