Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 17Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ Thus says the Lord, ...  Read More

Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 16Loyalty is an expensive commodity these days. With so many businesses, brands, and choices made available to us, it seems increasingly more difficult to find true loyalty a...  Read More

Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 15Why would God allow such a thing to happen to David, his chosen king? David was a man after God’s own heart, he of all people should have received the Lord’s blessing. But ...  Read More

Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 14This is such an interesting story and it can be difficult to determine what we learn about God in this passage. First, let’s look into what is really happening here.Absalom...  Read More

Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 13After David’s sin with Bathsheba, Nathan tells David, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house.’” (2 Samuel 12:11). In our chapt...  Read More

Today’s Passage: 2 Samuel 12:15-31This is a difficult passage. There is no way around it. It may invoke feelings of pain if you lost a child or know someone who has. It may invoke feelings of confusio...  Read More

Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 12:1-142 Samuel 11 was undoubtedly the lowest spiritual point of David’s life. The close of the chapter leaves us with these chilling words: “But the thing that David had don...  Read More

Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 11If we’re not careful, as we study Scripture and learn about the heroes of the faith, we elevate beyond normal humanity. Jesus was fully God fully man—emptying himself to sh...  Read More

Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 10Famous singer/songwriter Frank Sinatra wrote an infamous song entitled “I Did It My Way.” Here is the second verse to this song.Regrets, I've had a few
But then again too f...  Read More

Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 9David’s kindness towards Mephibosheth is unprecedented. Most kings hunted and killed any remaining relatives of former kings. They did this to protect themselves and preserv...  Read More

Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 8Whenever something is repeated in a chapter of Scripture, you should pay special attention to it. In this relatively short chapter, twice it says, “And the LORD gave victory...  Read More

Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 7What I find so interesting in this chapter is how God flips the script on David. David wants to build God a house – which seems like a noble thing. Instead, God tells David ...  Read More