Archive for July, 2009


How the Mighty have Fallen (Part 5)

Day 5: Honor the Lord’s Anointed What kind of application can we make of this passage in our lives today? The most obvious is we can grieve in proper ways, since that is what the passage is designed to teach. But I think there is an even greater application than that. The most striking thing [...]


How the Mighty have Fallen (Part 4)

Day 4: What to Grieve Do we really need David to teach us which things should make us sad? Yes! There are some things that ought to make us sad that don’t – just as there are things that ought to make us happy and don’t. And we need training from God’s Word to correct [...]


How the Mighty have Fallen (Part 3)

Day 3: How to Grieve David taught Judah how to grieve for Saul by means of a lament. I find that absolutely fascinating. You might think if anything is a personal matter it would be how you grieve or don’t grieve when someone dies. But that is not the case. There was an appropriate way [...]