For us the lesson is that when bad things happen to good people, they are to look to God for understanding.We start at the last word of the superscript that appears just before the first verse. That one word sets the tone for this period of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As we open to Psalm 3 we can note some details that set this Psalm apart as a very special Psalm to learn from:First, this is the first of the Psalms, called a Psalm, note the superscript says: A Psalm, and no other Psalm before this one says...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Every event from II Samuel 11 onward reflects in some way the results of those moments, when David was blinded by his sinful desires, acted rebelliously against God's clear standards. After David sinned in so many ways surrounding his...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We have entered the final lap of David's Life: we have watched him as the shepherd boy and giant killer, then as the humble and patient warrior and King, now we join him perhaps 20 years into his career as King. This portion of his life I have...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Knowing Christ is everything. Understanding His Word is the key to knowing Him. Can you imagine a week of your life completely saturated with the Four Gospels? Walking through each place you read about; sitting on the actual stones of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Can you imagine being able to finally understand Church History? Would you like to learn how we got from the Church of the New Testament we see in Acts and the Epistles, to all the denominations and divisions of Christendom we have today? Dr....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
David fell so far, so fast, and he didn't even realize it until the dullness of his soul spread to every inch of his spiritual life. Soon his cold and lonely heart was combined with his tormented soul and trapped in a painfully chastened body....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The first observation a student studying God's Word would make in Psalm 32 is that: David is so thankful for his sin being forgiven, that he uses four different Hebrew words to describe the depths God had to go to accomplish his forgiveness in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
All that really matters in life may be reduced to one simple reality--what does God think of what I am doing or have done.Our lives can be focused by one simple truth: am I pleasing or displeasing God? All that mattered at that moment and for...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As we open to 2 Samuel 12, try to think of the searing pain that would come when secret, private sins get exposed for all the world to see. Just imagine what David felt as the truth of what he had done could no longer be hidden. That is the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
