If criticising “the Lord’s anointed” was wrong, surely Samuel would have been wrong to rebuke Saul and Nathan would have been wrong to rebuke David in 2 Samuel 13. “Touch not the Lord’s ...

Do you sometimes think you are not making any progress? Have you been bombarded with disappointments? Or, perhaps, you feel undervalued, overlooked or forgotten. In the Bible, I read about the ...

It is a well-known, yet largely unspoken, secret. On the morning of November 6, half the nation will wake up in despair. The ...

In 2 Samuel we see God's hand working in the midst of human weakness. He has called David and anointed him for the kingship, yet David's house is full of sin. God blesses him despite his sinfulness.

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An attitude of gratitude should lead us to be humble in victory OR gracious in defeat as we aspire to be one nation under God ...

The Lord said, 'Rise and anoint him; for this is the one.' Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the presence of his brothers; and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from ...

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward” (16:12b-13a). In the next column we ...

Again, consider 1 Samuel. David, in contrast to Saul ... Though he has ample reason for distraction, David recognizes that respecting the Lord and his anointed is more important than ending his time ...

The Coronation rite refers back to the anointing of kings in the Old Testament, to Samuel, Saul, and David; to when Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed Solomon King. And fittingly ...

David, the shepherd boy who slayed Goliath, spent time with his best friend, Jonathan – King Saul’s son, without knowing that ...

Actor Brad Pitt with director David Fincher on the set of the 1995 movie 'Se7en.' But first, a little background on the director. Born on Aug. 28, 1962, in Denver, Fincher always had an interest ...