The ‘buts’ in the Bible are significant, showing us the difference God makes in any situation. After David has been sent home to Ziklag by Achish, he arrives to find yet another problem: in his absence, the Amalekites had raided Ziklag, carrying off all the women and...

In 1 Samuel 29, we see the situation between Israel and the Philistines deteriorating and war looming yet again. This time, David is on the other side, so to speak, having gone to Achish to hide from the plots of Saul and thus being enlisted in the Philistine army. It...

Most of us enjoy 'mountain-top' experiences, those times when God's presence is so real it feels like nothing is impossible. Like Peter, James and John on the Mount of Transfiguration, we glimpse God afresh and our lives are never quite the same again. But, as John...