Mar 30, 2025

Scripture Reading: 2 Samuel 11, 12

The story of David’s adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah cries out to us with great warning.  If David, the man after God’s own heart (1 Sam 13:14), could get to the place in his life that he was capable of such blatant and rebellious sinning, then none of...

Mar 23, 2025

Scripture Reading: 2 Samuel 7:18-29  (also 1 Chr 17:16-27)

David’s response to God’s promise to make a name and a house for David is very instructive to us.  David knew God had promised that an everlasting king and kingdom would come from David’s descendants (2 Sam 7:19) and his reaction to this promise is worth...

Mar 16, 2025

Scripture Reading: Matthew 12:14-21

It is easy for individual churches to become so absorbed in their own local programs that the idea of missions plays a secondary, and not very important, role.  After all, the programs of any church (Sunday School, children's groups, youth work, music, women's and men's groups,...

Mar 9, 2025

Scripture Reading: Daniel 4

King Nebuchadnezzar was the sovereign king who conquered the remaining kingdom of Israel in 605 B.C. (some 120 years after the northern 10 tribes had already been conquered by Assyria). Tempted to boast in his own strength and military conquests, Nebuchadnezzar had grown arrogant. God sends...

Mar 2, 2025

Scripture Reading: 1 Chronicles 13  (also 2 Samuel 6:1-11)

One of the first things David did after he became king (following the death of Saul) was to move the Ark of the Covenant from the little village of Kiriath-Jearim to Jerusalem.  The ark of God was the most sacred item in all Israel, representing the very...