Shadows on the Wall
“David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam….” (1 Samuel 22:1) When I saw this, I was reminded of another famous cave I read about in a philosophy class. Maybe you’ve heard of it: Plato’s “Cave Allegory.” In his book Republic, Plato told a story of an imaginary group of people who had […]
Finding God in a Cave
“David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam….” (1 Samuel 22:1) The bottom had just fallen out of David’s life. Within a span of a few very painful months, David lost everything: his position, his wife, his mentor, his best friend, and ultimately his self-respect. He went from living in a palace to […]
