The Chronicles are more than a history of ancient Israel under the ascent and rule of the Davidic dynasty. They are a story whose grand theme is hope. Great battles are fought- heroes and tyrants vie for power- Israel splits into rival kingdoms- and the soul of God s holy nation oscillates between faithlessness and revival. Yet above this tossing sea of human events- God s covenant promises rei…
1 and 2 Thessalonians- which is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series- helps readers learn how the message of those letters can have the same powerful impact today that they did when first written.
What does it meas to be some one “after God’s own heart?” David, Old Testament shepherd, King and Psalmist, offers and answer in the Shape of his own life. In many ways he was a most extraordinary man- intelligent, handsome, abundantly gifted as a poet, musician, worrior, and administrator. Yet in other ways he waw a most ordinary man- often gripped by destructive passion, rocked by f…