Samuel is actually split up into two parts, one right after the other. 1 Samuel of “First Samuel” is followed naturally by 2 Samuel or “second Samuel.” It is a time of transition between Judges of Israel and full on Kings. The spiral of awfulness becomes institutionalized. “We want a…
This probably would have fit in better during the section where I originally talked about my travels, but I didn’t think of it then. It was August 2005. I’m 16 years old. My family and some of the extended ones decide they all want ot go camping in Newfoundland. First…
We’re going to do this book all in one go. It’s short. There’s only four chapters. Chapter 1 1 In the days when the judges ruled,[a] there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for…
Ruth is a breath of fresh air after all the chaos of Judges. An illustration and reminder of how God actually wants to treat His people if they would get out of their own heads and listen! It’s a short book, and one continuous story, so, we shall read it…
In those days Israel had no king. Continuing the theme of not paying attention. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. 2 So the…
Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim 2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.” We are brought in right in the…
He was there when he needed to be.