Oct 24, 2014
2 Samuel 6:1-23. Israel has a new king. David has moved his ever-expanding royal family into Jerusalem, the center of Israelite government. So what could be better than to make it the center of Israel's worship too? Plans are made to retrieve the ark of the covenant and bring it back to Jerusalem. Great idea. What...
Oct 24, 2014
2 Samuel 5:1-25. We all have deeply embedded memories we wish we could forget. Yet often, the painful experiences of the past are what give us clarity and self-perception for the present. David had to wait a long time to see God's promises fulfilled in his life. And here in this chapter, we see that God's promises...
Oct 10, 2014
2 Samuel 4:1-2. Better a sure hope than skewed thinking when it comes to God's kingdom. In the drama surrounding the death of Ishbosheth, we can all learn something about the high costs of not thinking things through...