Are there sins from the past for which amends must be made today? That’s a question that comes to my mind as I read 2 Samuel 21:1-6. Actually, the question more accurately posed is, “Are there sins committed in the past by someone else with whom I am associated, for which I must make amends?” Put …
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Britt’s Thoughts, 2/8 Sermon, 2 Samuel 19, “Reconciliation”
I see parallels in the reconciliation steps David takes to reunite the kingdom following the war with Absalom, and the work of reconciliation required after the breakdown of relationships in day-to-day life – of which the aftermath can feel like war. What do you think? It’s painful. There’s …
Britt’s Thoughts, 1/25 Sermon, 2 Samuel 18, “Family Feud”
Ethical dilemmas put us in conflict between at least two moral mandates. To obey one will cause us to violate the other. Joab finds himself in an ethical dilemma when he discovers Absalom entangled in the woods. David commanded Joab to “deal gently” with his son. Yet as a general with loyalty to his …