How many efforts to read the Bible all the way through have foundered on the “begat” passages – extensive lists of tongue-twisting names of people we know so little about. Why would God’s Word need to include all this genealogy? Well, the first name on the list should give us…

“Preserve me, O God!” These days, it’s easy to sympathize with David’s plea in Psalm 16, isn’t it? The unemployment, political gridlock, fractured relationships, and sickness we see all around us have stripped us of whatever illusions of control we might have harbored, leaving us longing for safety. Our need…

David sure had a strange way of fighting a civil war, didn’t he? Saul, his own father-in-law had been trying to kill him for years, and yet his first reaction when he heard Saul had died was to mourn and weep and fast (II Samuel 1:12). Instead of rejoicing that…

Welcome and Announcements The Doxology Praise God from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Invocation and Lord’s Prayer Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will…

“I pursued my enemies and overtook them. I destroyed those who hated me. They cried for help, but there was none to save.” Many proud kings have made such boasts about their victories in battle. Rulers have always wanted to take credit for anything good that happens on their watch,…

So, is hiding out from this coronavirus getting you a little stir crazy? Well, although David didn’t know anything about viruses, corona or otherwise, he knew what it was like to be on the run from his enemies. After all, when he wrote Psalm 63, he was in the wilderness,…

David was destined to be king – the prophet Samuel had told him that back when he was just a boy, caring for his father’s sheep (I Samuel 16:12-13). Saul’s son Jonathan had already made a covenant with him, promising him allegiance (I Samuel 20:15-16, 42). Even Saul himself admitted…

Are you afraid of something or someone today? Well, if it was okay for a mighty warrior like David to admit his fears, we can too. And just because we’re Christians doesn’t mean we have to minimize our problems or just wish them away. David’s problems were serious, and he…

Bible Readings for April 14 – Psalms 7, 27, 31, 34, 52 Have you ever felt overwhelmed, like the whole world is stacked against you? Have you ever felt like you had nowhere to turn? When David wrote Psalm 34, his father-in-law, King Saul was chasing him around the country,…

What good can God possibly bring out of this mess? Perhaps that’s what you’re wondering today. As if a world-wide pandemic wasn’t enough, terrible storms ripped through Louisiana and Mississippi yesterday, leaving hundreds of homes destroyed and almost a dozen people dead. How can such bad things possibly be part…