1 Samuel - Abigail and the Fools
Reading the story of Nabal reminds us that we are all in some way at our core foolish. Whether we are greedy like Nabal, vengeful like David or trusting the wrong things like Saul, we are prone to go...
10 Maj 201543min
1 Samuel - Elusive to the Enemy
As David continues to run from Saul, it is amazing how David continues to elude the king and his forces. Likewise, Jesus was elusive to Satan himself in the wilderness, on the cross and ultimately th...
3 Maj 201545min
1 Samuel - Redeeming the Mess
The same David who defeated Goliath is now ultimately hiding along in a cave. Some of it is his own doing and some of it because of those around him. In a word, David's life is messy. But even in t...
26 Apr 201540min
1 Samuel - Friend or Foe
As David's profile rises, Saul's love for him fades and Jonathan's grows. Why is this? Saul's love for David was all about his usefulness to him, but Jonathan's love was about his unity with David. ...
12 Apr 201549min
1 Samuel - A Replacement Warrior
Each of us face personal giants in our life - affliction, struggle, sin or more likely a combination of all three. The story of David and Goliath gives us hope that the weak can be victorious. But n...
5 Apr 201538min
1 Samuel - Competing Visions
In the story of God choosing David as the new king, we are confronted with the reality of competing visions - the view from the eyes of man and the view from the heart of God. Whereas man sees and pe...
29 Mars 201539min
1 Samuel - Self Preservation Project
Saul's reign as king is a self preservation project. He withholds from his army and then appeases them - in both ways acting only to firm up his grip on his kingdom. The truth is that most of our li...
22 Mars 201544min
1 Samuel - Faith
In this narrative, the responses of Jonathan and Saul to their circumstance couldn't be more opposite. From them we see the epitome of faith in obedience and action. Faith is a willingness to trust ...
15 Mars 201546min
