'Samuel' Tagged Posts
God’s Law and Mercy
Photo credit: under the Creative Commons license, by rogerimp. In 1 Samuel 21:3-6, David takes the “holy bread,” i.e. the Bread of the Presence (see Leviticus 24:5-9), and eats it. In fact, the priest even gives it to him. He doesn’t steal it; Ahimelech offers it as food. On the surface of things, David is doing something that is directly contrary to the…
God’s grace in the face of our sin – 1 Samuel 12
Photo Credit: http://christianimagesource.com/ In 1 Samuel 12:6-18, Samuel outlines to the people of Israel their checkered history of following the God who chose them and rescued them. The retelling largely contains rebellion and idolatry on Israel’s part, including their most recent…