David, the boy who would be king, was taken from the sheep cote, anointed by the prophet Samuel, called to play the harp in King Saul’s court, slayed the giant Goliath, now sits weeping in anguish in a cave in Adullam. Events in the shepherd-boy’s life came too fast; promotion and fame furiously pursued him, there… Continue reading By way of the cave

In the Scriptures, the “self” is most commonly associated with and most commonly expressed as “self-will.”  Self-will comes from the Greek word <authades> which is a compound word formed from two other Greek words: <autos> meaning “self” and <hedomai> meaning “to please.” We can deduce that self-will is that quality of a person who is… Continue reading Our agony with self-will