The Shulamite Bride
Calvary Church with Skip Heitzig Audio Podcast
Skip Heitzig
4.8 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Although Solomon composed 1,005 songs (see 1 Kings 4:32), this one is in a class by itself. It was his magnum opus. Solomon called it his song of songs (see Song of Solomon 1:1)! This poetic song was directed to his young bride. Though she often gets overlooked by many who read the Bible, she caught Solomon’s eye. Let’s notice some of her qualities. I’ve put them in the form of four juxtapositions.
I. She’s Unnamed but Not Unnoticed (1:8-10, 15)
II. Passionate but Not Promiscuous (2:4-7)
III. Desirous but Not Dominating (3:6-11)
IV. Irritated but Not Inflexible (5:2-3, 6-10)
Talk with God: Read Genesis 16:13 and Matthew 6:25-34 and spend time in prayer to thank the Lord for His faithfulness in seeing you and providing for you.
Talk with others: Ask your friends and family if they’re feeling overlooked and how you can help support them in this season.
Talk with kids: What special promise did God make to David?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Calvary Church with Skip Heitzik. We're so glad you've joined us today. |
| 0:05.0 | Sometimes the Bible reads like a museum gallery. Stories unfolding in bright swatches of color and brushstrokes of glory with larger than life figures like Abraham, David, and Jesus himself showcased in beautiful lighting with polished plaques gleaming beneath them. |
| 0:20.0 | But hidden in the corners of the |
| 0:21.9 | gallery and tucked between the pages of Scripture are stories that have been passed over. Through |
| 0:27.5 | this message with Pastor Skip, we'll encounter those who may have been overlooked for centuries, |
| 0:32.6 | but were seen, called, and used by God. |
| 0:40.1 | You brought a Bible, I trust. |
| 0:44.7 | Would you turn in your Bibles to the book of the Song of Solomon? |
| 0:46.4 | Book of the Song of Solomon? |
| 0:52.0 | So if you don't exactly know where that is, find Psalms, then Proverbs, then Ecclesiastes, |
| 0:56.2 | then the Song of Solomon. Or just find the big book, |
| 1:03.2 | Isaiah, go left, one block, you're there. Song of Solomon, very short book. It's what Jay Vernon and McGee called the most neglected book of the Bible. You might say it's an overlooked |
| 1:09.7 | book. And that's the name of the series, Overlooked. |
| 1:13.9 | We're looking at people who have usually been overlooked in reading the Bible. They're overshadowed, |
| 1:20.0 | usually by some grand character, and so we failed to notice their importance. Last week, we looked at Baruch, the scribe of Jeremiah. |
| 1:32.1 | And this week we're looking at someone called the Shulamite Bride, |
| 1:36.5 | the Shulamite Bride in the book of the Song of Solomon. |
| 1:41.1 | It is possible to feel overlooked emotionally, relationally, not seen by somebody that |
| 1:48.8 | is a significant person in your life. That's especially difficult if you're married and you should |
| 1:59.3 | be noticed and seen and understood by that person. |
| 2:03.9 | Let me begin today with the riddle. |
| 2:07.6 | There was a perfect man who met a perfect woman. |
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