I don’t like to preach or teach because of what I find in the headlines of the morning newspaper. Although I’ve been tempted to do so. I remember when Hurricane Katrina blasted New Orleans. The pulpits were filled with preachers trumpeting God’s judgment on that modern Sodom. Actually, I don’t...
This will be the last of the three major story lines begun in chpt 18. The conflict between King Saul and David was the first and will continue until the death of Saul (1Sam 31) in battle against the Philistines. Civil war would continue until the death of Ishbosheth, Saul’s...
As mentioned before, I Samuel chpt 18 was the beginning of at least three great stories. The conflict between King Saul and David was the first. The story of Michal and David is the second. The story is great because the heights of its potential are matched only by the...
I’m betwixt in my daily commentary of 1Sam. In chpt 18 are the beginnings of at least three significant stories that will stretch many years into the future, one of which will even apply to us today and future generations at least until the Second Coming of Christ and perhaps...
What is the meaning of Phil 4:13? “I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.” What exactly does “all things” include? Can I fly, make a million dollars, sing beautifully, or overcome cancer? Ok. If it obviously does not include these impossible things, then what impossible things does...
1Sam 17. What can I say? David and Goliath. Is there a more famous story than this one? Never a truer word of prophecy was spoken when he told the giant Goliath, “This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine...
“And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.” 1Sam 14:19 Why do you suppose the Lord’s priest was holding Saul back? Was it...
“And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.” 1Sam 11:15 I start this blessing from chpt 12 with...
“And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And [Eli] said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.” (1Sam 3:18) To be sure, there are some verses “hard to be understood” in the Word of God. (2Pt 3:16) The are some mysteries just too wonderful to comprehend. (1Tim...
“And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.” (1Sam 1:6) Why are we like that? I know what you’re thinking—why are we like Hannah, fretting over God working in our life. To be sure, “No chastening for the...
