Author: benspackman

Jeremiah! The man, the book, the bullfrog…

Jeremiah is the second longest book in our longest book of scripture. (Only Psalms is longer). We know more about Jeremiah than any other Old Testament prophet because, for reasons unknown, much more biographical information is included. Continue reading

Normally I’d begin with a link to my podcast and transcript… except it appears that while I wrote 90% of a podcast in 2010, I never recorded it. Amos was the last podcast I put up. Consider this an intro to Isaiah.

I have a confession. I’ve never really cared much for Isaiah. Continue reading

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These are some of my favorite chapters. Elijah and his fiery talents inspired our creative fire-building on many a scout trip, and even managed to get the back of my head quite singed once. For some excellent background on that story of the fiery showdown, see John Tvedtnes, “Elijah, Champion of Israel’s God”, Ensign July 1990.  Continue reading

David on the Harp.

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Here’s the podcast on these chapters, with some useful notes.

The purpose of this lesson is to focus on the friendship between David and Jonathan, but the narrative is primarily about David trying to avoid being killed. The guy trying to kill him is no other than his father-in-law Saul (since he married Michal), who is also Jonathan’s father.  Your in-laws don’t seem so bad now, eh? Continue reading

David and Goliath, Sistine Chapel. Public domain via wikimedia.

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First off,  go listen to my old podcast here where I talk about David, Goliath, and the Philistines. Continue reading