Poor Choices & Missed Opportunities (Discovery Series Booklet)

Saul, the first king of Israel, was blessed with potential and opportunity.  But through a series of bad choices, he became a tragic example of a wasted life.

Once we catch a glimpse of how much God loves us, we will better understand why the Bible records the tragic mistakes of a man like Saul.  In so many ways, Saul's natural instincts for self-protection and control mirror our own.  In this booklet, Bill Crowder uses the story of a king who was not "a man after God's own heart" to help us understand the importance of our choices and to see that our past failures don't have to determine our path for today—or for the days to come.

Bill Crowder joined the Our Daily Bread Ministries staff in 2001 after more than 20 years in the pastorate stretching from West Virginia to southern California to west Michigan. Over the years, Bill has spent much of his time in a Bible-conference ministry around the world, serving ODBM offices and their outreach to their local communities. Bill is a contributing writer for the Our Daily Bread devotional and has written many Bible study booklets for ODBM’s Discovery Series. He has also published a number of books with ODB Publishing, the latest being Wisdom for our Worries and Gospel on the Mountains. Bill also serves as a co-host with Mart DeHaan, Elisa Morgan, and Daniel Ryan Day on the “Discover the Word” podcast and daily radio program, heard throughout the U.S. and on more than 20 stations in Canada. On the personal front, Bill is now semi-retired and, with his wife, Marlene, lives in North Carolina.