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George Martin
Feb 24, 2021
February 24, 2021 – 1 Kings 15-22 (again)
Yesterday, I wrote about the danger, as illustrated in the downward spiral of the Israelite kingdoms, of the slippery slope of moving...
George Martin
Feb 23, 2021
February 23, 2021 – 1 Kings 15-22
Abijam ruled in Judah, and “his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father” (15:3). Then, Asa...
George Martin
Feb 22, 2021
February 22, 2021 – 1 Kings 9-14
The temple. His own palace (with much forced Canaanite labor, 9:15). New cities (9:17-19) Increased bureaucracy (9:23) A great fleet of...
George Martin
Feb 21, 2021
February 21, 2021 – 1 Kings 5-8
“In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, [Solomon] began to build the house of...
George Martin
Feb 20, 2021
February 20, 2021 – 1 Kings 1-4
Even in his last days David had to deal with problems, primarily the problem of succession. Adonijah and Solomon competed to see who...
George Martin
Feb 19, 2021
February 19, 2021 – 2 Samuel 21-24
The closing chapters of 2 Samuel provide sort of a wrap-up of David’s reign: avenging the Gibeonites (they “were not of the people of...
George Martin
Feb 19, 2021
February 18, 2021 – 2 Samuel 13-20
The troubles for David: the terrible situation with Amnon and Tamar and Absalom’s killing of Amnon; Joab’s connivings; usurpation of...
George Martin
Feb 17, 2021
February 17, 2021 – 2 Samuel 7-12
You know that function, when typing on a computer, that allows you to insert a line and adjust its color, boldness, width, and length?...
George Martin
Feb 16, 2021
February 16, 2021 – 2 Samuel 1-6
And so, the reign of David begins, following Saul’s and his son’s deaths. The young man who informed David about the deaths sought to...
George Martin
Feb 15, 2021
February 15, 2021 – 1 Samuel 24-31
In chapter 24, an amazing episode that shows David’s character and, also, one great difference between him and Saul. Pursuing David, Saul...
George Martin
Feb 14, 2021
February 14, 2021 – 1 Samuel 17-23
One of the best known and most loved stories in the Old Testament, I think, is that of David and Goliath. Many things stand out about...
George Martin
Feb 13, 2021
February 13, 2021 – 1 Samuel 13-16
Early in his reign, Saul was fighting against the Philistines. Before going into battle, an offering was to be made to the Lord, led by...
George Martin
Feb 12, 2021
February 12, 2021 – 1 Samuel 8-12
Chapter 8 of 1 Samuel tells the story of the people’s rejection of Samuel and the call for a king like all the other nations had. The...
George Martin
Feb 11, 2021
February 11, 2021 – 1 Samuel 1-7
Samuel was a bridge between the judges and the kings. These opening chapters tell about his birth, the judgment of Eli’s wicked sons, the...
George Martin
Feb 10, 2021
February 10, 2021 – Ruth 1-4
Set in the days of the judges, the little book of Ruth is a beautiful story of Boaz faithfully filling the role of kinsman redeemer...
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