By David Faust My wife, Candy, recently celebrated an important birthday. I shouldn’t identify the milestone she hit, but it rhymes with “mix tea.” I hit the same milestone a few months earlier, so I felt it was my husbandly duty to tease her about it. Obviously 60 year olds have lived 60 percent of […]
The Truth About Sexual Sin—2 Samuel 11 & 12
By David Faust From Bill Clinton to Bill Cosby, allegations of sexual misconduct find their way into the daily news—but such problems really aren’t new at all. In the context of marriage, sex has always been one of God’s good gifts, like a cozy fireplace that warms the home. Misused, it’s a wildfire that destroys. […]
Friends Indeed—1 Samuel 18–20
By David Faust Friends are one of God’s greatest gifts. We need friends when we are young and when we are old, when things go well and when everything falls apart. Too many of us go through life like passengers on a bus. Others enter our lives and travel with us for a while, then […]
When God Chooses a Leader—1 Samuel 16:7
By David Faust God sent the prophet Samuel to the home of a man named Jesse in Bethlehem. Samuel’s assignment? Anoint someone who ultimately would replace Israel’s disappointing first king, Saul. One by one, Jesse’s sons passed in front of Samuel in an awkward audition. The oldest son, Eliab, made such a positive impression that […]
A Voice Cutting Through the Cultural Clutter—1 Samuel 1
By David Faust The sense of hearing is one of God’s great creative achievements. My dog knows visitors are approaching our house long before I hear their footsteps on the sidewalk. Owls have large ear holes set at slightly different heights, above and below eye level, enabling them to determine the precise direction of a […]