Back in the old days, the days of David, king of Israel, this time of the year was the time kings go out to battle (1 Chronicles 20:1).  (But David stayed in Jerusalem that year, and got into trouble for it!) Thus comes the warning from Peter: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the […]

In Israeli history, in the days of Judges, the people came to Samuel, the prophet, complaining that they had no king like the other nations had, and demanding that he get one for them (1 Samuel 8:4-9): “Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, and said to him, […]