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INTELLIGENT DESIGN THEORY IS NOT NEW – If you think the big bang theory as the prevailing cosmological model for the birth of the universe, stars and planets began in 1927, or the theory of evolution developed after the first … Continue reading →

EXCHANGE RESENTMENT FOR CONTENTMENT – David learned a lot by letting his anger and vexation go before they took root in his heart. He knew that a calm mind does more good in ten minutes than a raging mind does … Continue reading →

RESIST RAGE AND RESENTMENT – Even though David tried to be understanding, Ahithophel’s wicked deed was not easy to put out of his mind; it burned like a hot iron in David’s soul and he knew that if he left … Continue reading →

BRUISES CAUSED BY BETRAYAL –  One of David’s boyhood friends was Ahithophel the Gilonite; the grandfather of Bathsheba. David trusted him as one of his closest advisers. Perhaps as retribution for David’s tryst with his granddaughter Bathsheba, and to keep … Continue reading →

BEING REAL MEANS ACCEPTING REALITY – From the time David killed Goliath he became the object of contempt as well as celebration. There were those who rejoiced over his victories, and those who regretted his valor. He found himself running … Continue reading →

PRETENDING CAN BE YOUR ENDING – While trying to get out of the situation he found himself in by acting like a mad man in the court of King Achish, David learned more about how lying in jest just to … Continue reading →

The next time you hear someone say that the stories in the Bible are mostly, if not all, myths or allegories, just asked them for evidence proving them to be myths and allegories. No matter how much they beat around … Continue reading →

WHO IS YOUR GOD – The well known evangelist from India named Ravi Zacharias, tells this story in his book “Deliver Us From Evil.” When Ravi went to Vietnam in 1971 his interpreter was a fine Christian young man named … Continue reading →

DON’T GIVE UP ON GOD, GIVE IN TO GOD – What happened when David found himself in the palace courts of the Philistine Abimelech while trying to hide from Saul’s henchmen, can be found in 1 Samuel 21:10-15. Although referred … Continue reading →

LOOK WHOSE SMILING – David finally experienced the joy of having his sins washed away; the ugliness of his disobedience being transformed into the beauty of forgiveness; and having the door to his heart opened once more to express his … Continue reading →