Chapter 14 of 1st Kings opens with Jeroboam sending his wife to enquire of the prophet Ahijah what will become of their son who had fallen sick. Ahijah had been the prophet who had spoken to Jeroboam when Jeroboam was just a humble servant of Solomon, and prophesied that God had ordained him to become […]

It is an interesting fact that the only part of a Roman soldiers body that was not protected by his battle dress was his back. Quite simply, they were not to retreat, for that would be when they were most vulnerable. We see the same in the amour of God as described in Ephesians 6; […]

We often get told that fear is a good thing, a natural inbuilt protection system; yet the Bible has a very different perspective. 1 John 4:18 says: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love”. If […]

Chapter 11 of 1st Kings starts with three lamentable words: “But king Solomon…” We have just journeyed through 10 chapters where everything has been on the up and up. The throne is established, the surrounding nations subdued and paying taxes. Solomon’s wealth and wisdom is becoming the stuff of legends, and to cap it all, […]

On Sunday we journeyed though 1st Kings chapters 9-10, seeing Israel under the reign of king Solomon rise to its most prominent position among the nations to date. But as in the words of Charles Dickens: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”, for ultimately the great wealth and security […]

On Sunday we were studying the rest of 1 Kings 7, and then chapter 8. As promised we highlighted two supposed errors in the Bible that are found in ch.7. The first is found in v.23, where we are told that the ‘molten sea’ (basically a big circular bath for the priests to wash in), […]

This Sunday we will be continuing our journey through 1st Kings, chapter 7:13 to the end of chapter 8. Kings is one of those books the critics of the Bible have loved to attack. They rummage around searching for a supposed contradiction, and then hold it aloft and boldly declare they have proven the Bible […]

This morning we looked at 1 Kings 5 through to 1 Kings 7:12. Here we  see Solomon begin to fulfill the great commission given to him by God; that of building the Temple. David had wanted to build the Temple, but he had presided over the nation during a time of war, and much blood had […]

Well, it’s taken a while, but we are finally here with the new web site for Calvary Chapel Portsmouth! Over the next few weeks we will be uploading lots of content, including PDF study notes, and audio teachings that I have given, + my top-10 favorite teachings by other Pastor’s and teachers . We’ll also […]