The Unlikely King

A look at the surprisingly dysfunctional family that shaped the formative years of the man who would be king. It was a scandal many find hard to stomach even today. The king God chose to govern His people committed adultery with another man’s wife, got her pregnant, secretly ordered her husband murdered, and married her. It’s a storyline we expect to find in Hollywood (and we have), but n

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  1. Wow my brother,
    Truth and Grace come thru in this article so wonderfully written.
    I am an old Pentecostal preacher up here in the mountains of Tennessee who just woke up and read your article. I have preached the gospel around the world for the last forty years and I just wanted to say that I give witness to your message that it’s so succinct in telling the true Spirit of God’s Word about righteous seeking of Gods heart and sin and the consequences of both. I really enjoyed your ministry of God’s Word. I just had to write and say so. Be blessed and keep writing, preaching and ministering God’s Word and I pray the Lord Jesus continue to prosper you in all you put your hands unto.
    In His Presence,
    Pastor Dewayne Chappell

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