June 14, 2017
2 Samuel 1 Shawn Bumpers / General Introduction: For the last 20 or more chapters, we’ve been primarily focused on Saul. But now the text focuses on David. But remember that not all of Saul’s sons were in the battle. So we have 2 kingdoms here … the kingdom of Judah ruled by David… Read More »
April 12, 2017
1 Samuel 23 1 Samuel 23 Shawn Bumpers / General 1 Samuel / David; Rescue; Philistines; Israel; Keilah (town) David resuces the city of Keilah Introduction In the previous chapter, we saw the fruit of David’s scheming when he was relying on himself. Doeg the Edomite told blood-thirsty King Saul that he had seen… Read More »
March 15, 2017
1 Samuel 20 1 Samuel 20 Shawn Bumpers / General 1 Samuel / Saul (king); David; Faith Jonathan confirms that Saul is not going to give up trying to kill David and so David flees. Introduction Starting with chapter 18, Saul began trying to kill David. David had done a lot for Saul and… Read More »
January 11, 2017
1 Samuel 14 Shawn Bumpers / General 1 Samuel / Jonathan (name); Armor-bearer; Philistines; Victory Introduction As we have observed over the previous weeks, the character of Saul has been steadily deteriorating. We’ve already found him to be impatient, lacking in faith, and of questionable integrity. Now, looking more toward our chapter for tonight,… Read More »