Posts by Stephen Weaver (Page 2)

The Road to Horrible Sin

This Sunday we return to our series in the book of 1 Samuel.  This week we are studying chapter 28 verses 3-25.  Here we have a panicked Saul because the Philistines have come up against him and have now advanced pretty far north (encamped at Shunem, just SE of the Sea of Galilee) into Israelite…

Our Christian Nation

This Sunday is the day after Independence Day, our country’s 250th birthday so we will do a message in honor of our country.  I thought this would be a great opportunity to remember why we are privileged to be born in, and to be a part of, this great country.  Our text is Ezekiel 22:25-31. …

Interpretation: Right & Wrong

This Sunday we continue our series in the book of 1 Samuel.  This week we are studying chapter 27 and chapter 29.  Here we have David again in sort of a panic mode (due to discouragement), or is it really that?  Saul, of course still hasn’t really changed and is still after David to kill…

Are You Learning?

This Sunday we are continuing our series preaching through the book of 1 Samuel.  This week we are in chapter 26.  In this chapter we have the Ziphites giving up David’s location again and causing Saul to rise up and chase after him.  Saul takes a small army, 3,000 men to David’s 600 men; a…

You Let God Take Care of It

This Sunday we are continuing our series preaching through the book of 1 Samuel.  This time we are in chapter 25.  In this chapter we have, first of all, an historical note telling us that Samuel has passed away.  All Israel gathers for his funeral and mourn their loss.  Then we are told of the…

God’s Providential Will?

This Sunday we are continuing our series preaching through the book of 1 Samuel.  This time we are in chapter 24.  In this chapter we have Saul, who finds out where David is hiding (in the wilderness of En-Gev), and proceeds to chase after him again.  This time, however, in a weak (for Saul), but…

Dealing With Your Enemies

This Sunday, we continue our series preaching through the book of 1 Samuel.  We come to chapter 23.  In this chapter we have David, the anointed, future king of Israel, again in a very difficult place -running for his life from Saul.  This time he encounters some so-called “friends.”  Well, at least, they’re his countrymen,…

Godly Mothers & Grandmothers

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, a day we honor our mother’s, so we will step away from our Samuel series to do a message for mom’s.  I thought we would look at a passage where Paul the apostle recognizes the most important ministry for every mom.  That text is 2 Timothy 1:5 which talks briefly…

The Ministry of Encouragement

This Sunday, we return to our series preaching through the book of 1 Samuel.  We pick up where we left off, and that takes us to chapter 20.  In this chapter we have David, the anointed, future king of Israel in a tough place as the realization and tension between the present King Saul, and…