How to overcome jealousy – 1 Samuel 18 & 19, Part 5

What in the world can we learn from 1st Samuel chapters 18 & 19?  In this post early in the series, I wrote about Jonathan’s generous act of friendship.  And because next week we’ll return to David and Jonathan’s friendship in chapter 20, in today’s post, I’d like to focus on another theme in chaptersContinue reading “How to overcome jealousy – 1 Samuel 18 & 19, Part 5”

How (and why) a king was left writhing nude on the ground – 1st Samuel 18 & 19, Part 4

King Saul is losing his mind because of the young upstart David.  As we learned in the previous post here, Saul unsuccessfully attempts to kill David. In this post, we are studying 1st Samuel chapter 19. As the chapter begins, Saul now asks his son Jonathan to kill David.  Saul likely knows how close JonathanContinue reading “How (and why) a king was left writhing nude on the ground – 1st Samuel 18 & 19, Part 4”