4.
Why has there been so much
misunderstanding around that day in the
Valley of Elah? On one level, the duel
reveals the folly of our assumptions
about power. The reason King Saul is
skeptical of David’s chances is that
David is small and Goliath is large. Saul
thinks of power in terms of physical
might. He doesn’t appreciate that power
can come in other forms as well—in
breaking rules, in substituting speed and
surprise for strength. Saul is not alone in
making this mistake. In the pages that
follow, I’m going to argue that we
continue to make that error today, in