Out Our Way: Along the Covenant Trail with Goliath

Out our way, there are some things that are just not going to work no matter how badly we want them to. A Shetland pony is not going to be a good roping horse and even those cute miniature horses are not really good indoor house pets. There are just some things we aren't cut out for.

In the story of Samuel and the three kings of of Israel - Saul, David, and Solomon - we are reminded that even the best of us cannot replace God, and as has been noted by far wiser folk than I, "absolute power corrupts absolutely."

As you may recall the people of Israel demanded a human king like all the othe...