Thanks for reading my posts and for those people who made encouraging comments. I have decided to move my Plague study offline. I need to focus on the message of my main website: stephenjholt.com. It is by far the most important message. Says Peter, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of […]
David’s rise to kingship provides yet another opportunity to observe the invisible hand of God at work in the unfolding of important events. David’s story begins with God’s choice of him as king as communicated to and through the Prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 16:1-12). When God directed Samuel to anoint him as king, David was […]
Someone will find this trite, but an indication that God was not directly controlling his Old Testament servants is his servants’ propensity to disobey God. God chose Saul and appointed him king, but Saul’s kingship was a rocky one (1 Samuel 15:1). In time, through the Prophet Samuel, God tasked Saul to address an old […]
So far in the examination of the Scriptural record for evidence related to how God in his sovereignty relates to man in his freedom, I perceive an elephant in the room. At times, God triumphed over the enemies of Israel with minimal input from Israel itself. Israel’s battles were often won in a way that […]
When Israel asked for a king, God responded to their request and chose a man named Saul – a complete unknown from one of the more insignificant tribes of Israel. The story of how God brought Saul to kingship through Samuel the prophet is one of those stories in which the invisible hand of God […]