Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Samuel: The Problem with Saul

King Saul had great success as Israel's first king, but despite his real experience with God and all his outward gifts, he was ultimately a source of grief for both God and his mentor Samuel. How can someone with so much success and such great gifts, especially someone who seems to have rejected idols and takes pleasing God seriously, end up as such a mess? If we look beyond the "bad guy" caricature of Saul, we see someone who is not so different from ourselves. How do we avoid being like Saul?

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