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Now pay close attention, little children, it's somebody you ought to know.

It's all about a man at Walked On Earth, nearly 2,000 years ago.

Well, he's going to send a drought on the people of Israel.

He warns them through the Prophet Elijah.

He sends Elijah to a very unlikely place to wait out the drought into the wilderness,

where he is fed by ravens.

When the stream that he is dwelling by dries up, he sends him to a less likely place, a widow

who is about to give up because she's run out of food and there's been no rain for years.

Welcome back to Issues, etc. I'm Todd Wilkin.

Joining us to teach a Sunday school lesson on God providing for Elijah in 1st King 17,

Pastor Tom Baker, host of a radio show called Law and Gospel.

For almost 30 years he met monthly to prepare his Sunday school teachers for the classroom.

Tom, welcome back.

Thank you.

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