Israel is searching for a king. Saul is searching for donkeys. His character flaws make him an unlikely candidate for a king. And yet the Spirit of God changes him…
These chapters of 1 Samuel ask us how do we want to look like the nations or neighbours around us instead of trusting that as God has helped us in…
1 Samuel 4-6 follows the adventures of the ark of the covenant. The Philistines and Israel underestimate God with comic and tragic results. We're left with the question, Who can…
In 1 Samuel 2-3 we see spiritual leaders abusing their position of power, the challenges of parenting and the promise of the kind of spiritual leader that we all need.
Hannah brings the anguish of childlessness to God in prayer. She finds the pain of her story caught up in the great story of God bringing in his kingdom through…