Read the passage here. Last week in Samuel, we looked at the episode with David, Bathsheba, and Uriah.  And we suggested that David’s sin, perhaps having become comfortable in his position as Israel’s king, as … Read More

Read the passage here. Continuing in our study of the book of Samuel, we last left off in chapter 7 with God entering into a covenant with king David.  This is especially important in the … Read More

Read the passage here. Last week, in our study of Samuel, we looked at David’s bringing the ark of the Lord to Jerusalem.  At this point in our story, David is well and truly established … Read More

Read the passage here. Last week in our study of the book of Samuel, we looked at several chapters leading up to the coronation of David as king over Israel.  As we remember, after Saul’s … Read More

You can read the passages starting here. So right off the bat, I’m going to apologize because we are looking at a long section of text today (2:1 – 5:5).  But I want to look … Read More

Read the passage here. Today is our first Sunday in the book of 2 Samuel – though as we’ve mentioned, it is just as rightly considered the mid-point of the book of Samuel.  And depending … Read More

You can read the passage here. Today is our last day in the book of 1 Samuel.  Which, as you know, means that we’re halfway through the book of Samuel.  However, the division of the … Read More

Read the passage here. Last week, we looked at the story of Saul consulting the medium in order to get out of a desperate situation.  The main motif that we explored was that Saul sought … Read More

Read the passage here. When we last left off in the book of Samuel, we reviewed the story of David, Nabal, and Abigail.  If we recall, this is the second (or middle) of three stories … Read More

Read the passage here. Our passage today continues directly after chapter 24 which we looked at last week.  Chapter 24 is the (relatively) well-known passage where David chooses not to kill Saul in the cave.  … Read More