What is our greatest need as a nation at this moment? Surely it’s the same as it was for the nation of Israel in 2nd Samuel 19. And that is to bring the king back. To realise that our experiment of appointing leaders who tell us what we want to hear has failed, and to bring back the true king […]

David’s unbounded grief for Absalom is also because David knows that, ultimately, Absalom’s death is his fault. God had told him – chapter 12 verse 10 – ‘because you have despised me, the sword will not depart from your house forever’. And since then, David’s infant son died, his son Amnon had been murdered, and now Absalom has perished. David […]

It’s hard to even call David’s affections for his son love. If David had really loved him, he would have said hard things to him. He would have made sure Absalom had faced the consequences for the cold-blooded murder he carried out. Sadly this is a theme in the books of Samuel. We’ve seen it with Eli. We’ve seen it […]