RezChat News for Friday, 12 June 2015 - Newsletter of RezChat, a RezWest Bible study group open to all souls curious about the Bible. We ask the tough questions. And we'd like answers.

RezChat News for Friday, 12 June 2015 - Newsletter of RezChat, a RezWest Bible study group open to all souls curious about the Bible. We ask the tough questions. And we'd like answers.

CONTENTS
Hoping for a dry weekend
RezChat calendar
Sunday's Session: Terry Bahadur vs. King Solomon
Second Sunday Social: The Rock House
HOPING FOR A DRY WEEKEND
I've got a project involving a shovel. When I get a dry day, I'll be digging a 60-foot drainage ditch to channel water from a couple downspouts away from my backyard, which I call The Swamp during the rainy season. Terry Bahadur is getting himself psyched up to help me. Not sure if the weather will cooperate tomorrow, or if we'll have to wait for sunny days..
REZCHAT CALENDAR
Chewables and cafe: Barbara Borgelt
Sunday's Session: "How wise King Solomon got stupid," by Terry Bahadur
Second Sunday Social: after church on Sunday at the Rock House
Feed the hungry, Central United Methodist Church, Saturday Sept. 12
Fly fishing for church gents, August 28-30 (Dave Rock and Steve Miller with son Brad Miller are going; maybe Steve's son-in-law Jon Eck, too)
May's theme:
I've been changed
SUNDAY
I'VE BEEN CHANGED. That's the title of our current 4-week series. It's about how people change...some for better, some for worse. Terry Bahadur takes us into week #3 in the series.
6.14. Terry Bahadur. How wise King Solomon got stupid. He died worshiping idols.
1 Kings 4:29-34; 11:1-13
1 Kings 4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding—insight as long as the seashore itself. 30 Solomon’s wisdom was greater than all the famous Easterners, greater even than all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 He was wiser than anyone, more wise than Ethan the Ezrahite or Mahol’s sons: Heman, Calcol, and Darda. His reputation was known throughout the region. 32 Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs and one thousand five songs. 33 He described the botany of trees, whether the cedar in Lebanon or the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He also described cattle, birds, anything that crawls on the ground, and fish. 34 People came from everywhere to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; even the earth’s kings who had heard about his wisdom came!

11:1 King Shlomo loved many foreign women besides the daughter of Pharaoh. There were women from the Mo’avi, ‘Amoni, Edomi, Tzidoni and Hitti — 2 nations about which Adonai had said to the people of Isra’el, “You are not to go among them or they among you, because they will turn your hearts away toward their gods.” But Shlomo was deeply attached to them by his love. 3 He had 700 wives, all princesses, and 300 concubines; and his wives turned his heart away. 4 For when Shlomo became old, his wives turned his heart away toward other gods; so that he was not wholehearted with Adonai his God, as David his father had been. 5 For Shlomo followed ‘Ashtoret the goddess of the Tzidoni and Milkom the abomination of the ‘Amoni. 6 Thus Shlomo did what was evil in Adonai’s view and did not fully follow Adonai, as David his father had done. 7 Shlomo built a high place for K’mosh the abomination of Mo’av on the hill on front of Yerushalayim, and another for Molekh the abomination of the people of ‘Amon. 8 This is what he did for all his foreign wives, who then offered and sacrificed to their gods. 9 So Adonai grew angry with Shlomo, because his heart had turned away from Adonai the God of Isra’el, who had appeared to him twice 10 and given him orders concerning this matter that he should not follow other gods. But he didn’t obey Adonai’s orders.

11 So Adonai said to Shlomo, “Since this is what has been in your mind, and you haven’t kept my covenant and my regulations which I ordered you to obey, I will tear the kingdom from you and give it to your servant. 12 However, for David your father’s sake I won’t do it while you are alive, but I will tear it away from your son. 13 Even then, I won’t tear away all the kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Yerushalayim, which I have chosen.”

UPCOMING
6.21 (Father's Day). Keith Larkin. Godly advice from Homer Simpson
Video clips and discussion
Second Sunday SocialRezChat will be having a potluck after church at the home of Lisa and Dave Rock, who live within a hearty 1.8-mile walk of the church: 11543 S Lewis Drive, Olathe.
Here's a note I got from Lisa last night:
Can you please add a reminder in the newsletter that we will be having lunch together at our home and that we will be having grilled chicken and grilled burgers/cheeseburgers along with potluck side dishes to share.
Terry & Cris Bahadur are bringing buns
Linda Miller is bringing dessert
Rocks will purchase meat and cheese for grilled burgers and chicken
Rocks will provide condiments
Drinks will be iced tea, water and lemonade. Other ideas for side dishes to bring:
baked beans (or similar)
chips
A potato dish
fruit
veggie plate
pasta salad
cole slaw
Any other summer barbecue favoriteThanks!
See you Sunday,
A $2 PS from Linda Miller:
We'll be reimbursing the Rocks for the meat. So if everyone going could put a couple dollars in the class offering on Sunday, that would be wonderful.
"You sent abundant rain, O God, to refresh the weary land"(Psalm 68:9).

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