1 Samuel ends on a sad but hopeful note with Saul killed and David waiting in the wings, but even David and the rest of the kings of Judah were preparation for the ideal Messiah King.
As David’s covenant with David held firm through difficult times, so God’s covenant with us keeps us throughout our lives.
If we invest in making disciples, our lives become bound up with theirs to die and live together.
In the sixth dispute between God and his people in Malachi 3:13-4:3, we find the proper response to everything God was saying to them....
