The story of King David and his son Absalom in the 11th through the 19th chapters of the Book of Second Samuel is one of a family gone tragically wrong. The story begins with David’s adultery with ...

Among the canonical Gospels, it has long been noted that Matthew is the most thoroughly Davidic. For example, Matthew increases Mark's references to the son of David from four to ten. From Matthew's ...

Telling the uncomfortable story of “desolate” Tamar positions us to show a kind of compassion King David didn’t. For the past year, I’ve been teaching the Book of Samuel to a group of women at my ...

When trusted counselors go bad, churches pay a heavy price. Evangelical churches do not have an official or formally recognized pope. But there are individuals in churches whose counsel is received as ...