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A study series
David
Ten studies across 1 Samuel 16 to 1 Kings 2: the shepherd anointed while his father forgets to call him in, Goliath, the wilderness years, the covenant that promises a throne forever, Bathsheba and the sword that never leaves his house, and the reason Scripture still calls him a man after God's own heart — not moral perfection, but what he did the moment he was named.
- 01Anointed in SecretThe LORD looketh on the heart — a shepherd boy anointed while his father forgets to call him in
- 02GoliathThe battle is the LORD's — training nobody watching would have recognized as training
- 03Saul's Jealousy and the Wilderness YearsTwice he could have killed the man hunting him, and twice he refused
- 04King Over Judah, Then All IsraelThe public promise finally closes, years after the private anointing
- 05The Ark, the Covenant, and the House He Wasn't Allowed to BuildDavid wanted to build God a house; God tells him instead He will build David one
- 06BathshebaThou art the man — and what David does next is the reason his story survives
- 07Absalom and the Long UnravelingThe sword Nathan promised didn't come from outside the family — it came from inside it
- 08Old Age and the Final ChargeOne more near-coup, and the woman from David's worst sin secures the succession
- 09A Man After God's Own HeartThe difference between the king God rejected and the king God kept wasn't the absence of sin
- 10Where the New Testament Goes With HimSon of David — the ancestor and the source, in one person