

God's work of reconciliation; the result of His work of reconciliation, and His continued work of reconciliation.


We are sinners, against a good God - sinners who have been forgiven


Today's sermon looks at Saul's attitude of self-preservation, David's sin, and our safety in Jesus.




The Word of God is centered on Jesus Christ. He both uses the Word, and is the Word.




Envy causes the heart to turn further and further away from the Lord


The champion of Gath, the champion of Israel, and the Champion of God


The Lord looks upon the heart of His people. The heart is God's priority, versus external appearances


True obedience versus outward religion and ultimate disobedience.




The heart God rejects, the heart God seeks, and the heart of God


There is no need for cynicism when Jesus is on the throne. King Jesus carries His people through the darkest days by His Holy Spirit and His Holy Word.


The promised Servant - who He is, why we need Him, and what He came to do


The center of the universe for Christians - Christ's exaltation, humiliation, and atoning work for us and as us.


Jesus is fully committed to completing His work on earth.


The truth about Israel, the truth about Jesus' faith, and the truth that Jesus believed


The Servant's purpose, the Servant's way, and the Servant's faithfulness


Samuel's faithfulness, the corporate and individual responsibility of the people, and God's faithfulness


The Lord is our salvation - seeing the salvation of the Lord in Saul's defeat of Israel's enemy


Seeing God in the ordinary and mundane, His invisible hand, trusting Him, and the Gospel according to Samuel




God brings restoration, victory, and peace for His people through true repentance.


The Ark of the Covenant represented God's presence - this chapter examines God's presence unmediated, God's presence unwanted, and God's presence unbounded.


The Philistine god and the Philistine people - there is no enemy that can stand against the Lord's power.


The beginning of the Ark narrative in 1 Samuel. This morning's sermon looks at God's glory abused, and God's glory departed, as the Israelites take the Ark of the Covenant into battle.


The amazing grace of God, and the amazing judgment of God


The book of Samuel is about the kingdom finding its true King. In 1 Samuel 2, God is about to restore His kingdom by restoring God's Word, restoring God's mediation, and ruling and reigning through His faithful King.


The song of Hannah - a Kingdom prayer.


Barrenness, barren yet beloved, and God's reversal of barrenness