“Abner is not far from any one of us. We share an Abner-nature that harbors sin’s stupidity, perversity, and twistedness. Let Abner preach to you. Let him tell you that it is possible to know the truth but not embrace the truth, to quote the truth but not submit to the truth, to hold the truth and yet assault the truth. And so Abner joins all the other anti-christs who strut around and say, ‘I will be king’ (1 Kings 1:5).”
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Dale Ralph Davis is the Teaching Pastor of Woodland Presbyterian Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He is well known for his excellent Old Testament commentaries, and his book 'The Word Became Fresh: How to Preach from Old Testament Narrative Texts'. He used to be the professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi.