The Immediate Word
Confronting Shame With Guerrilla Grace
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Both of his week’s lectionary Old Testament passages depict ordinary people who find themselves in difficult, “no-win” situations. Naboth faces extreme consequences if he decides to retain his inheritance and rebuff King Ahab’s attempts to purchase his family’s vineyard. And while Uriah’s widow is still lamenting her husband’s death, she must decide whether to submit to King David’s lust.