wisdom in, under, around, and through their narratives. More subtle and implicit than, say, Paul in his letter to the Romans, the author of Kings was nevertheless every bit as much a theologian as the great apostle to the Gentiles and as much a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I have found through years of preaching the biblical narratives that God’s people find the lessons of these histories as easy to grasp as in the straightforward exposition of the prophets and apostles and often feel