OLD TESTAMENT:
01 SAMUEL 27 – DAVID IN THE LAND OF PHILISTINES
Description: David seems to "give up" running from Saul and moves to the land of the Philistines. He sees it as his only way to get out of Saul's reach. But this also puts him in a very compromising...
01 SAMUEL 25 – BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Description: Why do people “of good understanding” continue to marry “harsh and evil” people? In this case – Abigail is the one with the brains and the beauty, but the brains must have failed her...
01 SAMUEL 24 – DAVID, TRAINING BY EXAMPLE
Description: David has an opportunity to take KIng Saul's life and end all of his own pain, but he doesn't take it. Instead, he tries yet again to assure King Saul that he means him no harm. Even...
01 SAMUEL 20 – A PROMISE IS A PROMISE
Description: Saul is jealous of David and that jealousy is eating him up. He just wants David dead and out of the way. In essence he is fighting against the Lord, because the Lord doesn’t want David...
01 SAMUEL 11 – THE “EYES” HAVE IT
Description: Desperate times calls for desperate measures! The people of Israel are willing to become slaves to the Ammonites because they feel they have no other choice. If they submit to the terms...
01 SAMUEL 08-09a – THE CRY FOR A KING
Description: Samuel was a good man, a great judge, and a godly prophet, but it appears that he lost his objectivity as a father...just as Eli had. Download Outline:
01 SAMUEL 05-07 – THE BEST LAID PLANS…
Description: The Presence of God often accompanied The Ark - as Israel has seen in the past. However - we also know unless the heart contains the Presence of God, even the ARK becomes simply a...
01 SAMUEL 03 – WHEN GOD SPEAKS
Description:The Lord has been silent in Israel for a long time - but He breaks that silence with young Samuel. He finally has someone that He can trust to speak His word(s). Eli has failed as priest...