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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

We are continuing our study of the books of Samuel – continuing the story of David.  Once again, we remember that David is famously characterized as a man after God’s own heart.  And we’re trying … Read More

Today, we are covering a fair amount of text.  We won’t be reading all of it, but I do want to consider it.  But because we are going through so much so quickly, we can’t … Read More

Read the passage here. Last week, we talked about the shift in Saul’s attitude towards David.  After David’s victory over Goliath, Saul and all of Israel, David was unsurprisingly the talk of the town.  However, … Read More

Read the passage here. Today, in our continuing look at the book of Samuel, we are continuing from last week’s passage (David and Goliath in chapter 17) directly to chapter 18.  Again, this is a … Read More