Introduction Last week's passage contained a note about David's children; and it contained the making of a covenant; and it contained a murder. We read that David had six sons while he was in Hebron. And we read that Abner and David established a covenant, by which David, with Abner's support, would become king of … Continue reading 2 Samuel 04(01)–05(16)
Author: Colin Gamble
2 Samuel 03
Introduction Do you remember? There was a lot of blood and guts in last week's chapter, because in last week's chapter we read how Abner -- who had been the commander of Saul's army -- opposed and resisted David's kingdom by setting up a rival king. And Abner's army and David's army -- under the … Continue reading 2 Samuel 03
2 Samuel 02
Introduction I suppose the things we read in today's chapter and the things we'll read in next week's chapter are the kind of the thing little boys like to read about. Certainly this is the kind of thing I liked to read about when I was a boy; and it was even better when it … Continue reading 2 Samuel 02
2 Samuel 01
Introduction 2 Samuel begins with the words, 'After the death of Saul'. This is not the only Old Testament book to begin in this way, because the book of Joshua opens with the words, 'After the death of Moses'; and the book of Judges begins with the words, 'After the death of Joshua'. For many … Continue reading 2 Samuel 01
2 Cor. 12(11)–13(14)
Introduction We're going to finish 2 Corinthians today. And we've seen that throughout most of this letter Paul has been defending himself and his ministry to the people in Corinth. Some were saying that he was unreliable and untrustworthy because he had changed his travel plans, not just once, but twice. And so, they were … Continue reading 2 Cor. 12(11)–13(14)
2 Cor. 11(16)–12(10)
Introduction Paul is addressing the problem of the false preachers head on. And we saw last week that Paul was going to engage in a little foolish boasting in order to convince the believers in Corinth that they should listen to him instead of listening to the false preachers, who were really only servants of … Continue reading 2 Cor. 11(16)–12(10)
2 Cor. 11(01–15)
Introduction You might recall that I said last week that in the final chapters of this letter Paul is addressing the problem of the false preachers head on. Until now in the letter, they've been in the background and some of the things Paul had said earlier in his letter were connected to the false … Continue reading 2 Cor. 11(01–15)
2 Cor. 10
Introduction Paul's second letter to the Corinthians can be divided into three main parts. In the first part, he defended his gospel ministry. Some people in Corinth were criticising Paul. Do you remember? They criticised him because he had changed his travel plans and therefore it seemed to them that he was unreliable and can't … Continue reading 2 Cor. 10
2 Cor. 08(16)–09(15)
Introduction Last week's passage was about giving. And Paul is addressing the same topic in this week's passage where he once again write to the Corinthians about the collection for needy believers in Jerusalem. It's perhaps a mark of how important this matter was to him that he spent so much time writing about it. … Continue reading 2 Cor. 08(16)–09(15)
2 Cor. 08(01–15)
Introduction For much of this letter, Paul has been writing to defend himself and his ministry because it seems that some of the members of the church in Corinth had begun to have their doubts about Paul and his ministry. They were saying Paul couldn't be trusted because he kept changing his travel plans. They … Continue reading 2 Cor. 08(01–15)
