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Among the uncomfortable sayings of Messiah Yeshua (Jesus Christ), one of the most difficult is this:
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)
We philosophize over what Yeshua meant until we see it in action. It can be said that we all saw a man lay down his life for his friends when Charlie Kirk was violently taken from this world on September 10, 2025.
What does Charlie’s death mean? What can we learn from his life? Peter Wales of Brisbane, Australia, has thought much about that. In fact, he wrote a song about it – although he didn’t realize until after Charlie’s death that his song, “Strong and True,” speaks a message about Charlie’s legacy.
Like so many other songs Peter has written, this one was based on a famous poem: “If” by Rudyard Kipling. In this conversation, Peter shares the inspiration for the song, his thoughts on Charlie Kirk’s global impact, and what it means for Jesus followers across the spectrum of Christianity.
Be sure to listen to the entire program to hear “Strong and True” at the end.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/229....2194/episodes/178636
BIBLE STUDY -- ELISHA’S MIRACLES
THE MIRACLE OF THE WIDOW’S OIL
From 2 Kings 4:1-17
One day the wife of a young prophet ran to Elisha with a serious problem. “My husband has died,” she said. “He was a man who loved YHVH, but he was in debt and now that I can’t pay back the money, the man who loaned it wants to take my two children as slaves.” “What can I do for you?” Elisha asked. “What do you have in your house?” “Nothing but a little jar of olive oil,” the widow answered. “Then borrow as many vessels as you can from your neighbours,” Elisha told her. “Take them into your house and shut the door behind you. Keep pouring oil from your jar into these vessels until they are all full.” The widow did as Elisha told her. After she had shut her door, she began pouring oil from her jar into the vessels. At last, the vessels were all full. “Bring me another one,” the widow said. “There isn’t another empty vessel in the house,” said her two sons. Then the oil stopped flowing from her jar to the vessels. The widow hurried to tell Elisha what had happened. “Take the olive oil and sell it,” he instructed. “You will have all the money you need to pay your debts and enough left for you and your sons to live on.” Elisha went from there to Shunem, where a wealthy woman and her husband invited him to eat with them. From that time on, whenever Elisha was in town, they asked him to come and eat with them. “I can see that this is a holy man of YHVH who visits us,” the woman said one day to her husband, “let’s make a room for him on the roof. We will furnish it with a bed, a table, a chair and a lamp, so he will have a nice place to stay whenever he comes here.” One time when Elisha and his servant Gehazi were resting in the room, the prophet told his servant to call the woman up to see him. When she came, Elisha spoke to her through Gehazi. “Tell her that she has gone to much trouble for us and that I would like to do something for her,” Elisha said. “Ask her if she would like me to say a good word for her to the king or the army commander.” “No,” the woman answered. “I have all I need.” “There must be something we can do for her,” Elisha insisted after the woman left. “Well, she has no son and her husband is quite old,” Gehazi told him. “Then tell her to come back here,” said Elisha. When she came back, Elisha told her, “Next year about this time you will have a son.” “Please don’t say that if it isn’t true,” the woman protested. But it was true, for the next year about that time the woman had a son. It happened just as Elisha had predicted.
COMMENTARY --- THE FAMILY OF THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN
On the edge of the Jezreel Valley lay the small village of Shunem; a community that farmed in the fertile soil of the valley. A childless couple who lived in Shunem recognized that the prophet Elisha passed through their village frequently, and had no place to stay. They befriended Elisha, and often invited him to share their meals. After some time, the couple decided to build a rooftop chamber for Elisha, for they were wealthy and had no children on whom to spend their money. In gratitude Elisha offered to repay the woman for such consideration and hospitality. She refused, saying that she needed nothing. However, Elisha knew that she and her elderly husband had longed for a child, and he promised that their desire would come true. The next year the woman gave birth to a son and as he grew old enough, he began to work with his father in the fields. One day while working with the reapers the son fell ill. The workers carried him to the house, but by noon he died, lying in his mother’s lap. According to Israelite custom the woman should have begun grieving immediately, her wails announcing the death to the village. But the Shunammite woman remembered Elisha’s word, when long ago he had promised that her son would not be a false hope. She mounted the family donkey and set off with a servant to find Elisha. When the prophet discovered what had happened, he hurried to the woman’s house. Placing the dead boy on the bed of the upper chamber, he began to pray and stretched his body out over the boy’s body. Eventually the boy began to stir. He sneezed, opened his eyes; and was alive again.
THE FATHER
It was unusual for a farmer to grow wealthy from his labour; only those with large flocks and many hired hands could turn a profit from their land. The husband of the Shunammite woman was probably a landowner with many fields. An upper room was certain indication of his prosperity. Built on the flat rooftops, these small rooms provided a cool retreat from the summer sun. Private space was rare and most families slept together in a main room with little privacy. Every family longed for such luxury; a quiet place away from constant household activity. Even so, hospitality was a duty that the Israelites welcomed. There was always room for a guest. Building an upper room expressly for Elisha was a very gracious gesture of hospitality.
THE MOTHER
In an Israelite home the birth of children was an occasion of great joy. A wife with many children was an honour to her husband. Not only would the sons carry on the family name, but the children would also provide for their parents when they grew old. To be childless was more than a family misfortune; it was a disgrace. Many childless women lived in great shame, feeling that they had somehow failed. Barrenness was so great a dishonour that Israelite men could legally divorce their wives if they bore no sons. The childless woman from Shunem was well acquainted with these traditions. Elisha knew that a son would be the greatest gift she could receive.
THE SON
Israelite children took on responsibility and hard work at an early age. Looking after the sheep and goats was a common task of young boys. But the harvest season was a farmer’s busiest time, and every available hand; including the young boys; worked in the fields till the crops were in. Reapers had only small sickles with which to cut the stalks of wheat and barley. Working this way in the heat of the summer sun was tiring for adults, and even more exhausting for children. The son of the Shunammite couple probably collapsed from sun stroke; perhaps brought on by hours of work in his father’s fields.
Among the uncomfortable sayings of Messiah Yeshua (Jesus Christ), one of the most difficult is this:
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)
We philosophize over what Yeshua meant until we see it in action. It can be said that we all saw a man lay down his life for his friends when Charlie Kirk was violently taken from this world on September 10, 2025.
What does Charlie’s death mean? What can we learn from his life? Peter Wales of Brisbane, Australia, has thought much about that. In fact, he wrote a song about it – although he didn’t realize until after Charlie’s death that his song, “Strong and True,” speaks a message about Charlie’s legacy.
Like so many other songs Peter has written, this one was based on a famous poem: “If” by Rudyard Kipling. In this conversation, Peter shares the inspiration for the song, his thoughts on Charlie Kirk’s global impact, and what it means for Jesus followers across the spectrum of Christianity.
Be sure to listen to the entire program to hear “Strong and True” at the end.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/229....2194/episodes/178636
BIBLE STUDY -- STRANGE ALLIANCE
THE BATTLE AGAINST MOAB
From 1 Kings 22:50; 2 Kings 3; 2 Chronicles 20:34
During the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah, King Ahab’s son Jehoram began to rule over Israel. He ruled for the next twelve years from the capital city of Samaria. Jehoram was evil in Adonai’s sight, but not quite as bad as his father Ahab or his mother Jezebel, for at least he took down the pillar of Baal which King Ahab had made. Yet he followed the sin and idolatry which King Jeroboam had begun. King Mesha of Moab had paid King Ahab an annual tribute of one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams, for the Moabites were sheep breeders. When Ahab died, Mesha rebelled against Israel and refused to send the tribute. King Jehoram then summoned his army. He also sent word to King Jehoshaphat of Judah. “King Mesha of Moab has rebelled against me,” he said. “Will you help me fight him?” “Yes, I will help you,” Jehoshaphat replied. “My people and horses are at your command. Which way shall we attack?” “By the Wilderness of Edom,” Jehoram answered. Before long the king of Israel and the king of Judah were joined by the king of Edom. They made a circle through the wilderness for seven days, but there was no water for the men or the animals. “How terrible!” Jehoram cried out. “Adonai has brought us here to be conquered by the king of Moab.” “Isn’t there a prophet of Adonai here who can tell us what to do?” Jehoshaphat asked. “Elisha is here,” said one of Jehoram’s officers. “He was Elijah’s special assistant.” “Adonai is with him,” said Jehoshaphat. So, the three kings went to see him. “Why come to me?” Elisha asked Jehoram. “Why not go to the false prophets of your father and mother?” “Because Adonai Himself has called us three kings here to be destroyed by the king of Moab,” Jehoram answered. “I wouldn’t do a thing for you,” Elisha told Jehoram. “But since King Jehoshaphat is here and I respect him, I will bring you word from Adonai. Now bring me a minstrel.” When the minstrel played the lute, the power of Adonai came upon Elisha. “Adonai says that you are to dig ditches in this dry stream bed,” Elisha said. “You will see neither wind nor rain, but those ditches will be filled with water for you and your animals to drink. Adonai will do much more for you. He will give you victory over the armies of Moab. You will destroy their choice and fortified cities, cut down every fruitful tree, stop their springs of water and ruin their good land with stones.” So, the next morning, at the time for the morning sacrifice, water flowed from the direction of Edom, until all the ditches were filled with water. In the meantime, the Moabites had learned that the three kings had come to fight them, so they armed all their men, from youngest to oldest and brought them to the battlefront. That morning, when the water had flowed miraculously into the ditches, the Moabites looked toward the enemy camp and saw the sun shining on this water which looked as red as blood. “It’s blood!” the Moabites exclaimed. “That means our enemies have fought among themselves and destroyed each other. Let’s go gather the spoil!” When the Moabites arrived at the camp of Israel, the Israelites attacked them and slaughtered them as they retreated. As Elisha had said, they conquered every choice and fortified city of the Moabites and threw stones on the best land until it was ruined. They filled every spring of water and cut all the good trees. At last, there was nothing left but the fortress Kirharaseth, but the slingers surrounded it and conquered it, too. The king of Moab realized that all was against him, so he made one final effort to break through the forces of the king of Edom, but even with his seven hundred swordsmen he could not. Then he took his oldest son, who would have become king in his place and offered him on the wall as a burnt offering. The people of Israel were greatly disgusted when they saw that. They left Moab and returned home.
COMMENTARY --- THE MOABITES
The people called Moabites took their name from their ancestor Moab, the son born to Lot and his eldest daughter. Moab’s descendants settled in the fertile Transjordan plateau overlooking the Dead Sea. This region was first known as the “land of Moab,” but eventually was called Moab. The boundaries of Moab followed the natural features of the land. In the south a narrow gorge called Wadi Zered provided a secure border. The western edge of the plateau ended abruptly at the Dead Sea, with a wall of cliffs plunging more than four thousand feet to the water. Atop the plateau, hills stretched eastward almost thirty miles, gradually sloping down to the edge of the Arabian Desert. In its weakest years, Moab controlled land up to Wadi Arnon, a very deep gorge cutting into the Dead Sea. But in times of strength, Moab’s land extended into the richly fertile elevated plateau north of the gorge, known as the plains of Moab. When the tribes of Israel began the conquest of Canaan, they claimed this land as their own. Moabites considered the claim unbearable for several reasons. One was that the land included the caravan route called the King’s Highway and the towns along the route profited from the trade it carried. Another was that the Israelites’ claim would badly affect the sheep-raising activities for which the Moabites had grown famous. A struggle to control the land became a constant theme in Moab’s history. Conflict through the years of the judges continued until the monarchy, when David and Solomon reduced Moab to the status of a small dependent country; a vassal kingdom. When Israel divided, Moab broke free for a short time, but the powerful rule of Omri again reduced it to a vassal kingdom. To Omri as well as his son Ahab, the Moabites surrendered an annual tribute of wool and thousands of lambs. As Ahab became involved in wars with Syria, the Moabite king took the opportunity to revolt. At Ahab’s death he stopped paying tribute and began a battle to regain the northern tableland. Ahab’s son, Jehoram, attempted to force the Moabite king, Mesha, into submission again. He formed an alliance with the kings of Judah and Edom and entered Moab’s southern border. The coalition nearly forced a surrender at Kir-hareseth, the southern Moabite fortress. But when the allied troops saw King Mesha sacrificing his son on the city wall, they ended the assault and withdrew from Moab. Within a short time, the Moabites went on to gain complete independence from Israel, a victory King Mesha believed showed the favour of Chemosh, the national god.
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