Commentary on I Samuel 8 Samuel was old.  He had made his sons judges over Israel.  There is no indication that he inquired of the Lord regarding this succession plan.  Why not?  The question of fatherhood comes to the forefront.  Did not Samuel raise up his boys in the fear and admonition of the Lord? …

This is a story about a man who was not living up to his name…and there was nothing he could do about it.  As are our habits, mankind is willing to take matters into its own hands to just make it happen, whatever that “it” is.  We are a powerful lot, but alas, we are…

Text:  John 8:37-47 BACKGROUND:  Jesus had just saved the woman from being stoned to death who was caught in the act of adultery.  Then, He was being challenged by the Pharisees regarding His identity while He was teaching in the temple.  Jesus made an incredible assertion that He only spoke to the world those things…

In his landmark book, Wild at Heart, John Eldridge writes, “Every boy, in his journey to become a man, takes an arrow in the center of his heart, in the place of his strength.  Because this wound is rarely discussed and even more rarely healed, every man carries a wound.  And the wound is nearly…