The Hebrew Bible idealizes David as the paradigmatic shepherd-king. In 1 Samuel 17, the boy spurns Saul’s clunky armor and sword for the shepherd’s weapon of choice: a simple sling and a few stones.

That narrative is familiar to any student of the Bible. A young shepherd named David from the tribe of Judah slays the giant Goliath from the enemy tribe of the Philistines, is elevated to king of ...

A tour of the Judea Desert Nature Reserve, untouched when handed over to the PA in the Wye Agreement, shows an infuriating ...

Summary: This assembly focuses on the story of David and Goliath from the Bible (I Samuel ... The video tells the story of the shepherd boy, David, and a fearsome warrior, Goliath.

According to the Hebrew Bible he was 25 when he assumed ... ruled from 1104 to 960 BC during the Iron Age. David is said to ...

By Brandon Baggett Have you ever heard the story of David and Jonathan? They had one of the greatest and most unlikely ...

Though the word Bible comes from ... In addition to King David, who is credited with some of the most famous ones, including the 23rd (“The Lord is my shepherd/I shall not want”), and his ...

So what does the Bible have to say about our finances ... was chosen to confront Pharaoh; David, the shepherd boy who defeated Goliath with just a sling and a stone; Rahab, a prostitute who ...

Scandals and an erosion of character have caused the churches to lose what moral authority they had. Religion in America used ...

There is a nursery and children’s church every Sunday during both service times. • Youth and KoF services on Wednesday nights start at 7 p.m. • Recovery Rally at Fuqua Park Thursday, Sept. 19 from ...