Old Testament:
01 SAMUEL 29-31 – WHEN GOD GOES SILENT – PART 2
Description:In Saul's last days as king over Israel we see him searching for direction, yet God remains silent. In contrast, David is strengthened by the Lord in the middle of a tragedy. Why did God guide David and leave Saul looking for answers? Download Outline:
01 SAMUEL 28-29 – WHEN GOD GOES SILENT – PART 1
Description:King Saul finds himself in the middle of desperate circumstances but God has gone silent. Where will he turn for direction now that God has withdrawn His presence? Download Outline:
01 SAMUEL 27 – DAVID IN THE LAND OF PHILISTINES
Description:David seems to "give up" running from Saul and moves to the land of the Philistines. He sees it as his only way to get out of Saul's reach. But this also puts him in a very compromising position of having to lie! Download Outline:
01 SAMUEL 26 – MOMENTARY CONVICTIONS
Description:What does is take to live a life of consistent faithfulness in a culture of weak convictions and broken commitments? Download Outline:
01 SAMUEL 25 – BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Description:Why do people “of good understanding” continue to marry “harsh and evil” people? In this case – Abigail is the one with the brains and the beauty, but the brains must have failed her when she decided to marry Nabal. Isn’t it amazing that people that would...
01 SAMUEL 24 – DAVID, TRAINING BY EXAMPLE
Description:David has an opportunity to take KIng Saul's life and end all of his own pain, but he doesn't take it. Instead, he tries yet again to assure King Saul that he means him no harm. Even David's own army felt he would be justified killing Saul, but he was...
01 SAMUEL 21-23 – RUNNING TO THE LORD
Description: In our study of 1st Samuel we have seen David go from a shepherd boy to a national hero and now, to a fugitive on the run from a jealous king. What seems to be an unfair turn of events for David is God's sovereign path guiding David to the throne of...
01 SAMUEL 20 – A PROMISE IS A PROMISE
Description:Saul is jealous of David and that jealousy is eating him up. He just wants David dead and out of the way. In essence he is fighting against the Lord, because the Lord doesn’t want David dead. He is to be the next King, so this is a battle that Saul CANNOT...
01 SAMUEL 19 – REJECTING GOD’S ANOINTED KING
Description: Do we see the cross of Jesus Christ as a symbol of divine compassion and salvation or a personal threat to our way of life? Download Outline:
01 SAMUEL 18 – WHAT IS LOVE?
Description: 1st Samuel 18 seems like an odd place to find the biblical definition of love, but as we study it, we will see it has as much to say about what true biblical love is as Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth. Download Outline:
01 SAMUEL 17 – OUR CHAMPION
Description: David and Goliath is one of the most well-known stories in the Old Testament, if not all of scripture. Just because we are familiar with the story doesn't necessarily mean we understand it. The message of the historical account of David's victory over...
01 SAMUEL 16 – THE MAN GOD USES
Description: Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.” 1 Samuel...
01 SAMUEL 15 – THE KINGDOM TORN
Description: In chapter 15 of 1st Samuel the kingdom of Israel is torn from Saul's command and promised to another. Download Outline:
01 SAMUEL 14 – NOTHING RESTRAINS THE LORD
Description: "For nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by few." Download Outline:
01 SAMUEL 12 – 13:01-15 – THE REBELLIOUS KING
Description: Simple does not always mean easy. We may know the best path forward - saying we're sorry, admitting when we are wrong, practicing self-control - but knowing and doing are two completely different things. What role does our understanding of God play in our...
01 SAMUEL 11 – THE “EYES” HAVE IT
Description:Desperate times calls for desperate measures! The people of Israel are willing to become slaves to the Ammonites because they feel they have no other choice. If they submit to the terms it will cost them a lot more than their freedom. Download Outline:
01 SAMUEL 10 – ISRAEL’S INSECURE KING
Description: Life has a way of revealing that we are not in control. Who or what do we trust to be an anchor in the ever-changing sea of human existence? Download Outline:
01 SAMUEL 08-09a – THE CRY FOR A KING
Description: Samuel was a good man, a great judge, and a godly prophet, but it appears that he lost his objectivity as a father...just as Eli had. Download Outline:
01 SAMUEL 05-07 – THE BEST LAID PLANS…
Description: The Presence of God often accompanied The Ark - as Israel has seen in the past. However - we also know unless the heart contains the Presence of God, even the ARK becomes simply a “container” for objects! Download Outline:
01 SAMUEL 04 – WHERE IS THE GLORY?
Description: In chapter 4 of 1st Samuel, the Israelites suffer an unlikely defeat at the hand of the Philistines. The Israelites ask the right question - "why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines?" But instead of turning to the Lord for the answer,...