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God Is Not My Strength

By T.G. Blankenship at The Gethsemane Blog In the Old Testament there is talk of salvation. Quite often, this salvation isn't the kind that we typically speak of in 2012. These days we tend to speak of being saved and…
David and Solomon Got It Wrong

By T.G. Blankenship at The Gethsemane Blog There are a lot of beautiful psalms and proverbs in the Bible. The Old Testament contains a book psalms consisting of 31 chapters. The Old Testament also contains 150 Psalms, a…
King David and the Comparison Trap

Now it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he worshiped God.... – 2 Samuel 15:32 There is a moment in the old testament when King David's son Absalom lead a rebellion to take over his fa…
You Are That Man: Our Sin Looks Terrible on Other People

Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man." 2 Samuel 12:7 King David had slept with Bathsheba, the wife of one of his most faithful soldiers. Uriah, on learning that she is pregnant, tries to cover it up. After…
Showing Kindness: Learning from the Example of David

"The Lord bless you for showing this kindness..." - 2 Samuel 2:5 After the death of king Saul and his son Jonathan, David was still in the land of the Philistines when he went to God asked if he should go to Judah, the…
David and Saul: Learning Through Example

...while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand and he hurled it, saying to himself, “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice. - 1 Samuel 18:10-11 Af…
Out of the Palace, Not Promise: God is Faithful

By Roderick Evans David was in a bad situation. His own son, Absalom had orchestrated a revolt and planned to take over the kingdom. Thus, David found himself out of palace because of this. And David said unto all his se…
Learning to Worship for Real: What's that like?

I desperately want to experience real, authentic worship. Even though I grew up in church, and despite my years of playing piano for churches, I am just now learning about what it truly means to worship God. I used to…
Joy in the Darkest Nights

This whole post was by Charles Spurgeon, but it has been extensively paraphrased by me. I hope that you would take the time to read the whole extract, which is very insightful and eloquent in addressing the perseverance…
Hope In God: Keep Trusting in Christ

By Roderick Evans Let’s face it! Just when it seems that one bad situation ends, another pops up. Even though God is with us, sometimes the numerous trials of life can get next to us. They can upset us and move…