As the adventures recorded in the book of First Samuel came to a conclusion, the royal reign of Saul concluded too. Saul died in battle...

Call it O.J.T. (on-the-job-training), or call it the school of hard knocks, or the university of life... Regardless, David was getting an...

David, “a man after God’s own heart” (1 Samuel 13:14), became a fugitive hiding from evil King Saul. Following Goliath’s defeat, the...

There was no ticker-tape parade and no fanfare after David’s monumental victory over Goliath... just a conscription notice from powerful...

It’s one of the best-known and most-beloved Bible stories. David, his daddy’s shepherd and the king’s minstrel, became God’s instrument...

What would you do if you were chosen to become the next king? Business cards! Bumper stickers! Billboard signs! I’d want everyone to hear...

Life was hard in Bethlehem. Jesse’s grandfather, Boaz (Ruth 4:21-22), had been a “prominent man of noble character” (Ruth 2:1) with vast...

Perched on a rock in the hills outside of Bethlehem, the young shepherd sat watching his father’s sheep. With his staff slung over his...

God “is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords” (1 Timothy 6:15), “the God of gods ... the great,...

The story found in John’s eleventh chapter is one of my favorites. The episode opens as a family passionately prays that Jesus would come...