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Give us a King

Give us a King

posted on January 27th, 2012 / by Bob Hamp / 3 Comments

It was a strange time in Israel. The people who had seen the Living God pour Himself out in their midst turned to Samuel and asked that he appoint a king to rule over them. 4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.  They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.” 1 Samuel 8:4-5 I wish I could tell you that I am not like them, but alas, I fear I am. I would never say it the way they did, but even that is part of the problem. We think that just because we do not say the words they said, that our hearts are not frighteningly similar. I would say it more like ...

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