“Someone saw it and told Yo’av, ‘I saw Avshalom hanging in a terebinth.’ Yo’av asked the man who told him, ‘Here now, you saw it; so why didn’t you strike him to the ground then and there? I would have had to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt besides.’”-2 Samuel 18:10-11 A […]

“Avshalom happened to meet some of David’s servants. Avshalom was riding his mule, and as the mule walked under the thick branches of a big terebinth tree, his head got caught in the terebinth, so that he was left hanging between earth and sky, as the mule went on from under him.”-2 Samuel 18:9 So […]

“The people of Israel were defeated there by David’s servants; there was a terrible slaughter that day of 20,000 men.  For the battle there was spread all over the countryside; the forest devoured more people that day than did the sword.“-2 Samuel 18:7-8 The battle for the throne of Israel took place in an area […]

“So the people went out into the field against Israel; The battle took place in the forest of Efrayim.” -2 Samuel 18:6 I wanna show you something fascinating in verse 6. We’re told… “…the people went out into the field against Israel.” The Hebrew word for “people” here is AM. In Scripture, this term refers […]

You know, something struck me recently. There’s a new kind of idolatry that has crept into the believing community. What do I mean? I’m talking about the tendency to put men who are married with kids on a pedestal, as if they’re the ultimate mark of righteousness. You can see it play out in the […]