Great People

II Samuel 1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son II Samuel 1 is a fascinating study in contrasts between two men who were kings and warriors, Saul and David. Both were kings and both had started from humble beginnings. Saul...

Approaching Other People

I Samuel 25:39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head When we...

Be Careful Whom You Hear

I Samuel 26:23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord’s anointed All of us carry a thousand voices with us everywhere we go. There...

Taking God on His Own Terms

I Samuel 24:4 …do to him as it shall seem good unto thee Back in October some of us were at the Covered Bridge Festival in Indiana. It is a multi-day, multi-city, county-wide festival where trailers sell hot chocolate, chili, leather goods, and so on. My wife and I...

Wisdom Is a Behavior

I Samuel 18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants In I Samuel 18 we read the story of Saul and...