Tag: David

Advent 2025: Yahweh the Shepherd

December 14, 2025 No Comments

One of the most powerful pictures of the coming Messiah in the Old Testament is a poem by the shepherd-king David. A study of Psalm

Advent 2025: David the Shepherd

December 7, 2025 No Comments

When the people of Israel anticipated Messiah’s coming, they thought of their previous shepherds like David. A study of 1 Samuel 16.1-13.

On the Tip of My Tongue: Listening

May 4, 2025 No Comments

Solomon tells his children that everything he says has a source: what he heard from his own father David. When it comes to speaking rightly,

On the Tip of My Tongue: Learning

April 27, 2025 No Comments

Our words build the community of people around us, for well or ill. We can build up healthy people, or we can tear people down.

Waiting for Forgiveness

December 22, 2024 No Comments

The Bible’s Christmas story has a scandal at the center of it: God forgives our wrongdoing. A study of David’s sins of adultery and murder

Waiting for Redemption

December 8, 2024 No Comments

A foreign woman named Ruth seeks food in a barley field, but she ends up finding a redeemer who rescues her from poverty. This is

Life Against Darkness: Victorious

January 28, 2024 No Comments

In Ephesians 4.7-10, Paul describes Christ’s victory parade using Psalm 68. To understand Paul’s message, we begin in Numbers 10.35.

Safe House: Hope

November 27, 2022 No Comments

Many people feel vulnerable this year. Inflation. Disease. Crime. The Bible speaks to our anxieties, telling a Christmas story that is often forgotten. God built

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