Paul safely escapes shipwreck only to have a snake come out of the fire and bite him. Instead of panicking or making a big show of how \'bullet proof\' he was, the Apostle simply goes about the business of serving God. It\'s a great lesson for us when we face adversity.

The Apostle Paul is thrown into (literally) a very tough spot while on his way to possible execution in Rome. Why does God allow turmoil upon turmoil in our lives and how can he use it for His (and our) good?

When things didn\'t go like Elijah thought, he ran away from ministry. God came to him and gently corrected and restored the prophet. Learn how he works in our lives when we rely on the miracles instead of the miracle maker.

Elijah goes up against hundreds of priests of Ba\'al and shows by his perseverance in prayer and obedience to God how to overcome evil.

We learn from the Apostle Paul that as we mature as a Christian it becomes less about us and what we get and more about the Lord and what we give for Him, including ourselves.

Just when things get to being the darkest, when the kings are running away from God to Ba\'al, in comes Elijah, a man who got scared and confused just like us, but who had to audacity to trust God.

The Apostle Paul has put himself in harms way and now stands before a Roman court. Thanks to the Lord working through other people, he is bold to share his faith - a boldness we can have too.

We all have needs, we all have influences. We all make choices based on our influences on how to fulfill those needs. We learn from four kings about what influences and solutions are good, and which are not.

Paul shows himself a situational master at showing different sides of himself depending on who he was with. He also changed his argument depending on the audience. What was his guiding force and how can it help us share the gospel?

Jeroboam isn\'t interested in hearing God, so the Lord provides a prophet who loses his life to send a message.

What do you do when you know trouble is coming? Do you run the other way as fast as you can? Paul didn\'t and his example helps us when we face difficulty or when those close to us face trials.

Rehoboam and Jeroboam are not exactly model kings - both do harm in different ways and we can learn a lot by contrast of how not to lead the people of God.

Sometimes in the face of difficulty we need some encouragement to stay the course. That\'s what Paul gives us as we prepares for a very difficult time in his life.

Solomon had everything going for him, but he neglected to do some very crucial things and let himself be influenced by others. Learn how we as Christians can fall the same way and how to avoid it.

Finally after years of struggle, Paul sees victory after victory, even amidst tough opposition in Ephesus. It is an affirmation of his apostleship. What happens as God begins to work more through you than on you?

Solomon had all the success life could offer, power, wealth, women - but God warned Solomon that he needed to walk with Him - advice Solomon didn\'t end up taking. How can that hurt us as Christians?

Do you ever find yourself in a place where nothing is going right? The Apostle Paul came to Corinth in just such a state. Learn how God brought him help and fellowship just when he needed it.

Solomon builds and dedicates the temple. It represents God\'s presence on earth and the way for man to approach God, just as Jesus is God\'s presence on earth and the way to reestablish fellowship with the Father.

The philosophers of Paul\'s day are not really that much different from what we see in the world around us in a post-Christian society. How Paul addressed them can help us in dealing with people who collect thoughts like Matchbox cars.

Though God gave Solomon a huge task in building the temple, he focused on some important fundamentals that can guide us when God calls us into ministry of any size or kind.