David’s Action Plan for Betrayal
One of the more unpleasant facts of life is the truth that each of us will face betrayal. Every person will have his/her own Judas. Send article as PDF
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The Folly of Atheism
A fundamental and egregious intellectual flaw of atheism is that unless an atheist is omniscient (all-knowing), he cannot legitimately say, “I know that there is no God.” Only an omniscient being would have the necessary and adequate body of knowledge to know whether…
Atheism’s Dirty Little Secret
A number of years ago I read a fascinating book by R. C. Sproul titled If There is a God, Why are there Atheists?: A Surprising Look at the Psychology of Atheism. The thesis of the book is that people have chosen atheism…
When God Repeats Himself
The key to learning is repetition. The key to learning is repetition. The key to learning is repetition. Send article as PDF
How David Dealt with Betrayal
Death and life are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21). Because of Doeg’s malicious and false insinuation to a paranoid king, the entire city of Nob—“both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys and sheep”—was so completely destroyed that…
The Bad and Good News about Betrayal
From the time of his youthful conquest of Goliath until his death as king about fifty years later, David’s life was associated in some way with the highest levels of Israel’s government. His initial association was in serving in King Saul’s court as…
The Riches of God’s Goodness
He who thinks thanks. When David had completed his meditation on the riches of God’s goodness in his life (Psalm 21:1-12), he burst forth in thankful praise: “Be exalted, O Lord, in Your own strength! We will sing and praise Your power” (v….
The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving
When it comes to thanksgiving, Americans tend to think of a day, not a daily sacrifice. This is not true of those who composed the psalms. Send article as PDF
“I was Brought Forth in Iniquity”
The Scriptures record the death of two of David’s sons. One—the result of his adultery with Uriah’s wife—died in infancy at the age of one week (2 Samuel 12:15-23); the other—Absalom—died as a young man in a coup attempt against the King, Jehovah’s…
David’s Example of Repentance
Psalm 51 is one of the fruits of repentance which flows from godly sorrow. David wrote it because Nathan the prophet went to him after he had gone in to Bathsheba and rebuked him. It illustrates the diligence, the clearing, the indignation, the…