In response to King Saul’s second major error and his excuse, Samuel famously declared that to obey is better than sacrifice.
God’s choice of Saul to be Israel’s first king anticipated the eventual arrival of the coming King and also Christians’ royal calling.
Human beings love using metaphors, comparisons between two things that are unlike to bring out some special way in which they are alike. In...
The Israelites’ demand for a king is a good reminder to us to trust in the Lord, the only one who can profit and...