If we were to judge the future of Christianity based on how things have been going lately, we could well conclude: the future’s looking grim. But what does God tell us to base our confidence for the future on? On how things are going now? Or on his promises? In these verses, David gives us a glorious vision of the […]

We pay particular attention to someone’s last words. You can read collections of the last words of famous people.The last words of our loved ones are likely words we’ll never forget. Here in 2nd Samuel 23, we have the last words of the man who is named more frequently in the Bible than any other human character. Not necessarily his […]

This is also a song which helps us to look forward with confidence to what Jesus will do in this world, even in our own day. In verse 43, it’s really stretching the phrase ‘head of nations’ – plural – if we apply it to David. Even at the height of his power he was just the head of one […]