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Amnon, Tamar and Absalom....ugly, ugly stuff. This lesson notes all of the ways the plain law of God was being disregarded among David's family and the nation. The Bible doesn't shy away from showing how depraved God's people can be, so we shouldn't bury it under a rug either.

The conclusion of the sad story of David and Absalom, and a look at the messiness of real life.

What a sad procession. The king – the king! – flees from his throne and his capital. He can’t move quickly enough to abandon his throne. He has the noblest of motives, of course, to spare the city bloodshed. He wishes, in effect, to declare Jerusalem an open city. So, even in this way, he protects and…

March 5, 2012 By John Barnett Read, print and listen to this resource on our website www.DiscoverTheBook.org As we open to Psalm 3 we are seeing David’s response when bad things happen to him, especially when he is doing nothing wrong. The lesson is that when bad things happened in David’s life he looked…

March 5, 2012 By John Barnett Read, print, and listen to this resource on our website www.DiscoverTheBook.org Lessons learned in the furnace of affliction often get etched deeply into our hearts and lives. David learned a lesson in his hard times. That lesson was that life must be lived on purpose for…

Who Cares? Broken Relationships, Part 1 Jeff Jones, Senior Pastor June 15/17, 2007 2 Samuel 13 & 14 Intro: Raymond Video What a great clip, though I know I am going to get in trouble if I make too many comments about it, since it deals with femaley stuff, time of the month issues. It is tough, because…

2 Samuel 15 Absalom – A Counterfeit Sunday, Jan 28th 2007 This is a Counterfeit (hold up white paper, drawn $20 bill) · You probably could figure that out –bad counterfeit · Counterfeits – serious problem in US & world o Each year tens of millions are seized · I worked in banking for 10 years – w/cash–…