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 territory.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

This Sunday, we continue our series preaching through the book of 1 Samuel.  We come to chapter 20 and 21.  In these 2 chapters we have David, the anointed, future king of Israel in a very difficult place as he now is on the run, running for his life, far from being king.  He runs…

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…

This Sunday, we are in our series studying 1st Samuel, at chapter 19 verses 18-24.  Here again, we have God’s clear protection of David from King Saul who is trying to have him killed.  Now David escapes and goes to spend some time with a very spiritual friend and probably a great mentor to him, Samuel. …

This Sunday, we are in our series studying 1st Samuel, at chapter 19, verses 1-17.  Here we have God’s clear protection of David from King Saul who is trying again, to have him killed.  What is interesting here, is how God uses people (from Saul’s own family) to protect him.  And they actually use lies and…