8/7/14
2 Samuel 7:18-29
Chris Breslin
“Consider that the first time someone spoke of God in the third person and therefore no longer with but about God was that very moment when the question resounded, ‘Did God really say? (Gen 3:1).’ This fact ought to make us think.” –Helmut Thielicke (A Little Exercise for Young Theologians)
Scripture
This Sunday’s Songs
How Great Thou Art, Boberg/Hine
Your Grace is Enough, Maher
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord), Redman/Myrin
Breathe on Me, Hatch/Gray
God With Us, Ingram/Jordan
Further Reading on David
The Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter
The David Story: A Translation of 1 & 2 Samuel by Robert Alter
1 Samuel as Christian Scripture by Stephen Chapman
1 Samuel (Word Biblical Commentary) by Ralph Klein
Leap Over A Wall: Earthly Spirituality for Everyday Christians by Eugene Peterson