Jim Somerville: "Solomon decides it’s time to build the temple his father wanted to build."

Jim Somerville: "David was getting old."

Jim Somerville: "Choices have consequences."

Jim Somerville: "If it’s true that power corrupts, and that absolute power corrupts absolutely, David was getting a taste of that kind of power."

Jim Somerville: "It was the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, but King David stayed home in Jerusalem. And that’s where the trouble began."

Lynn Turner: "It was 1983 and I was sitting in my first class ever in seminary..."

Steve Booth: "It's a fact. I grew up with the quippish mantra: I don't drink, smoke, or chew, and I don't go with girls who do."

Jim Somerville: "After David killed Goliath, everybody fell in love with him, and I do mean *everybody* -- starting with King Saul himself."

Jim Somerville: "On Thursday, Christy and I drove from Richmond to Niagara Falls, Ontario, which means that we waited in line to cross the Rainbow Bridge to the Canadian side of the border..."

Jim Somerville: "This is the story of David and Goliath."