Mark Buchanan generously provides us with an excerpt from his upcoming novel David. This section deals with Saul’s daughter, Michal, who would be given to David in a marriage that would end unhappily. The subject of this excerpt is not David though, but Samuel, the prophet who had a very complicated relationship with her father. …

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Tim Keller takes a fair bit of John Newton, adds something of his own, and comes up with a list to assist with self-evaluation of one’s own character. If you’re into new-year oriented self-reflection this would be helpful in framing some resolutions. And don’t spend time applying these to someone else. That’s too easy. This …

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