by afladmin | Apr 30, 2025
By: Deacon Renée Beyea (MDiv) Today’s Old Testament reading begins with the Lord asking Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul?” But the question isn’t about how long Samuel will mourn; the chapter preceding implies he mourned until the day he died. The Lord...
by afladmin | Apr 30, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn Did the condemnation of Eli come because he was a negligent father or a negligent priest? Given the way that the Scriptures seem to collapse these categories, perhaps we can take them together. After all, a man is not qualified to...