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November 15, 2009
Sometimes God says, “No,” as when God told David he could not build the Temple. But God’s “No” is always in the service of God’s “Yes!”, namely, God’s fierce determination to grow us into people more like Jesus.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 16th, 2009 No Comments »
October 25, 2009
200 of David’s army of 600 are left behind at the Brook Besor. The returning 400 do not want to share the spoils of their victory. David will have none of this. In God’s Kingdom, everybody counts. Nobody’s gets “left behind.”
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 9th, 2009 No Comments »
November 1, 2009
David dances before the Lord when bringing the Ark of the Covenant to its new home in Jerusalem. Moderates need his kind of passion in celebrating and sharing what God has done for us in Jesus Christ.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
October 18, 2009
Like the rich man in Jesus’ parable, many of us have built bigger and bigger barns in search of economic security. Now a recession has stolen much of the security we thought was ours. Maybe this is an opportunity to rethink where our real security lies and to reallocate our spiritual and material portfolios.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
October 11, 2009
As David learns when he finds bread and a sword in the sanctuary at Nob, a sanctuary can be a dangerous place: it’s where God’s people take refuge to plot a revolution. The bread of Communion is not meant just to give us peace, but power.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 15th, 2009 No Comments »
October 4, 2009
David’s heart-rendering lament over the death of Saul and especially his beloved friend, Jonathan, is a model of grief deeply felt and powerfully expressed. Such “good grief” is a sign of faith and opens the way to God’s future.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2009 No Comments »
September 27, 2009
For 16 months, David sought refuge with the Philistines while fleeing Saul. Some measure of accommodation with one’s culture is a part of every Christian’s life. But in the midst of his life in an “alien world,” David and his troops found refuge in Ziklag, a metaphor for the church.
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 25th, 2009 No Comments »
September 20, 2009
(by Julie Long) How do we live with hope in a world littered with disappointment? Like the disciples who cast their nets on the other side, we can move forward with hope when we are willing to take a step of faith and acknowledge that the worst things are never the last things.
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 25th, 2009 No Comments »
September 13, 2009
The sad state of Saul’s spiritual decline is evidenced by his consulting a medium. In seeking to know the word and way of God, Christians don’t look to ghosts; Christians look to Jesus.
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 11th, 2009 No Comments »
September 6, 2009
After showing remarkable restraint in twice sparing Saul (I Sam. 24 & 28), David loses his temper with a “fool” named Nabal and very nearly exacts a bloody revenge. He is spared from his hot-headed error by a wise and beautiful woman named Abigail who reminds David that vengeance is God’s business, not his.
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