Remorse
An Appeal to God’s Love And Compassion
Date: December 1, 2021
Passage: Psalms 51:1–9
This Psalm was written by David sometime after his great sin with Bathsheba and his murder of Uriah (II Samuel 11:3-4). Some Bible scholars think it was about one year after this fateful event that Nathan came to David with his story about a poor man’s lamb that was stolen …
The Remorse of the Israelites
Date: May 9, 2020
Passage: Judges 21:1–12
A spirit of reconciliation set in almost as soon as the war ended. In the heat of conflict Israel had made a rash vow that she would never again permit intermarriage with Benjamin (v. 1). If strictly observed this would have eliminated this tribe. With the Israelites a vow once made, even if it was …