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Telling the uncomfortable story of “desolate” Tamar positions us to show a kind of compassion King David didn’t.
Jen Wilkin
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the past year, I’ve been teaching the Book of Samuel to a group of
women at my church. We go through it chapter by chapter, verse by verse,
and I challenge them to think critically about what they are reading.
The Book of Samuel is filled with stories that ask us to grapple with
the sovereignty of God and the severity of sin. But perhaps none is so
jarring as the story of Tamar and Amnon in 2 Samuel 13.
I’m sure you know it. Amnon, one of David’s sons, violates his own sister ...
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