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.
In Daniel 2, a problem arose because of the absence of the gods among humans, but the true God showed himself through a human.
There is a popular expression that says "seeing is believing." However, many people saw the amazing signs performed by Jesus and did not believe...
Christian thinking is thinking like Jesus, especially as seen in his becoming one of us to die on the cross.