King David

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Theology of Work + Jonah Podcast

My short article for the Theology of Work Commentary, "David's Rape of Bathsheba and Murder of Uriah" went live today.  From their website: "The vision of the Theology…
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Of Kings and Prophets: Canceled

Like the dynasty of Saul it portrayed, the ABC TV show based on the books of 1, 2 Samuel Of Kings and Prophets was cut short, canceled after only two…
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Coming soon…Of Kings and Prophets

First there was The Bible (2013), then Noah (2014), and Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), now... Of Kings and Prophets, about the life of Saul and David based on the books of…
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Counting publications and soldiers

I was working on my CV today (I'm not applying for jobs, I just update it regularly), and I decided to count up my publications by category (books,…
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Confessing Sexual Sin (Psalm 51)

Where do you confess your sexual sins? David confessed his in the best-selling book of all time. I probably wouldn't want to do that.  (In case you weren't…
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MLK and the death of King David’s son

Google comes through again.  How could anyone prefer Bing, when Google is so much cooler. How have you celebrated MLK day?  I went to work because I don't get…
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Polygamy: Pro or Con? (GBB)

One of the questions I get asked a lot about God Behaving Badly is why didn't I talk about this issue (e.g., homosexuality) or this passage (e.g., the…
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