This Sunday, we are continuing our series in the book of 1st Samuel looking at chapter 4 verses 1-11. In this passage we see God’s discipline, the chastening of the Lord on Israel. The focus here is taken off of Samuel and put on the nation and the sea peoples – the Philistines. The lesson here…
This Sunday, continuing our series in the book of 1st Samuel we now come to chapter 3. In this passage we see an interesting transition from the first verse to the last; from the word of the Lord being rare or never; to the word of the Lord continuing to appear at Shiloh to Samuel. The lesson here is…
This Sunday, continuing our series in the book of 1st Samuel we now come to chapter 2 verses 22-36. In this passage we see a focus on a troubled prophet, and a narrator that places the responsibility of the sin problems squarely on the shoulders of Eli. Herein is the problem of not making God a…
This Sunday we continue our series in the book of 1st Samuel looking at chapter 2 verses 11-21. In this passage we look at a contrast the narrator gives us. Here we see the contrast between young Samuel, simply serving, and the sons of Eli Hophni & Phinehas, seriously sinning. One is quietly, diligently serving the Lord in/around…
This Sunday we continue our series in the book of 1st Samuel looking at chapter 2 verses 1-10. In this passage we look at the “Song of Hannah” as these first 10 verses close up the narrative of the 1st chapter. Here we find Hannah praising God for what He had done for her in supplying Samuel…
This Sunday we continue our series in the book of 1st Samuel looking at the first chapter. In this passage we look at a true Biblical hero, and it’s not who you would expect. In these verses we find a woman (Hannah) truly in the middle of life’s struggles, and showing us, teaching us, how to…
This Sunday we begin a series in the book of Samuel for our new study there. For this week, before we do the verse-by-verse study; we’ll look at the background of 1st and 2nd Samuel, and how to interpret Old Testament narratives. This book, the 2 books, are the story of the rising monarchy of Israel, God’s…
This Sunday, before we go over to the book of Samuel for a verse-by-verse series there; I want to do a communion service where we will look at the book of Isaiah in chapter 52 verses 13-15. In this passage, that’s relatively unknown compared to the very well-known chapter 53, is beginning the story of…
This Sunday, we will do an Easter message from the Apostle Paul’s resurrection text in 1 Corinthians 15:1-20. In this passage we will look at the importance of the resurrection. Here the Apostle Paul is addressing the ones in the church of Corinth who were doubting the bodily resurrection of Jesus. I want us to…
This Sunday we look at the book (letter) of 3rd John. In this little note (not so much a letter) John talks about a specific problem person in this, the smallest book of the New Testament, even shorter than 2nd John in Greek words. He writes about Diotrephes and the harm he has done to his…