Monthly Archives: May 2018

“If everyone else jumped off a cliff, would you?” answered every mom to every kid who ever made the mistake of arguing for something because “everyone else is doing it.” The herd mentality is real. And not just with adolescents. … Continue reading →

Josiah “did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.” (2 Kings 22:2) That was certainly … Continue reading →

The odds were stacked against him. Josiah’s great-grandfather, King Manasseh, had abandoned the spiritual reforms of his father. He built altars to false gods, used fortune-tellers, and sought counsel from mediums. Scripture says Manasseh “shed very much innocent blood.” (1 … Continue reading →

Josiah was born into a culture beset with idolatry, violence, and all manner of political intrigue. His grandfather was a murderous idolatrous king and his father followed in the same path. In the end, Josiah’s father was killed by his … Continue reading →