Explore the Bible: 2 Samuel - Bible Study Book

by Jason K. Allen

Explore the Bible: 2 Samuel Bible Study Book is a six-session study that will give you and your group members a better understanding of the rise of King David.

God gives His people leaders. David was one of those leaders. After the failure of King Saul and the death of the prophet Samuel, God chose David, a mighty warrior in Israel, to lead His people. Israel thrived under David's caring, wise leadership, and God promised to establish David's throne forever. And even though David experienced great sin and difficulty, he remained faithful to God.

This study will serve your group in multiple ways. It will help lead participants to honor the leaders God has raised up for them, both in the past and in the present. It will assure believers that God's purposes will be accomplished. It will show how God provides resources for accomplishing His plans. And finally, this study will encourage individuals to repent of their sins, realizing that God will forgive them and will give them strength to endure the temporal consequences.

Session Titles
1. Respected (2 Samuel 1:22-27; 2:1-7)
2. Crowned (2 Samuel 3:8-21)
3. Celebrated (2 Samuel 5:9-12; 6:12-19)
4. Established (2 Samuel 7:8-21)
5. Valued (2 Samuel 9:1-13)
6. Accountable (2 Samuel 12:1-14)

Features:
- Biblically rooted content
- Verse-by-verse approach to Bible study
- Leader material (tips for leading a group and step-by-step guidance for six group sessions)
- Text-driven, streamlined experience with God's Word
- Combined group study and five individual-study segments each week

Benefits:
- Gain a better understanding of the rise and reign of King David.
- Examine David's leadership qualities.
- Remember that God holds all people accountable for their sins.
- Learn more about the establishment of the monarchy in Israel through a study of significant events in the life of David.
- Get biblical insight into the characteristics that made David a man after God's own heart.

130 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published January 1, 2018

About the author

DR. JASON ALLEN is the fifth and youngest president of Midwestern Baptist Seminary. He has served as pastor and interim pastor of Southern Baptist churches in Alabama and Kentucky over the past fifteen years. He currently serves the church more broadly through writing and preaching ministries, including his own website www.jasonkallen.com, where he writes on various topics including higher education, theology, preaching, and cultural and local church issues. He and his wife, Karen, have five children: Anne-Marie, Caroline, William, Alden, and Elizabeth.

Reviews

[Jack Hansen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This weekly bible study, 2 Samuel, is about David, the man who is after God's heart. The life of David from little shepherd boy whose faith in God gives him the courage to face Goliath, the giant Philistine champion, to King David, the older man whose past sins cause death and turmoil in the King's household. The study exposes this biblical hero as a man fraught with flaws just as all mankind has. The marked difference in David from most men is his genuine sincerity with repentance once he realizes his sin. The lesson taught through David's life is that all sin must exact a cost; so all calamities and tragedies are not necessarily shaping tools in God's hands; they can be repercussions from past sins, as well. Also, the need for God, His Holy Spirit, and His only begotten son, Jesus Christ, are essential for justification of our sins and salvation for eternal life once this mortal one ends.