| November 24, 2024 - The Sad End to Saul’s Reign and Life Demonstrates Judgment and Despair, But Also Hope in God’s Faithfulness and Purposes (1 Samuel 31:1-13) |
| November 17, 2024 - The Results of David’s Reoriented Trust Are Profound (1 Samuel 30:6-31) |
| November 10, 2024 - David’s Crisis in Ziklag and His Turning to the Lord, as He Renews His Trust, Is an Example for Us (1 Samuel 30:1-8) |
| November 3, 2024 - God’s Sovereignty in Using the Philistine Commanders and Lords to Keep David from Fighting Against Israel Provides Encouragement for Us (1 Samuel 29:1-11) |
| October 27, 2024 - Refusing to Submit to the Word and Will of God Has Severe Consequences (1 Samuel 28:1-25) |
| October 20, 2024 - David Goes to the Philistines in Fear and Faltering Faith, and This Speaks to Us (1 Samuel 27:1-28:2) |
| October 13, 2024 - David’s Growth in Grace and Faith Are Evident as He Trusts God to Work However He Wishes and Again Shows Mercy to Saul (1 Samuel 26:1-25) |
| October 6, 2024 - The People in the Account of David, Abigail, and Nabal Reveal Important Attributes for Believers (1 Samuel 25:1-44) |
| September 29, 2024 - The Lord Proves to David That He Will Deal With His Enemies, and This Gives Us Hope Too (1 Samuel 25:1-44) |
| September 22, 2024 - David Leaves Dealing With Saul to the Will of God (1 Samuel 24:1-22) |
| September 15, 2024 - Saul Won’t Relent in His Pursuit of David, Yet God Won’t Relent in His Perfect Care (1 Samuel 23:1-29) |
| September 8, 2024 - Saul’s Murder of the Priests Portrays the Depths of Sin, Yet the Hope of God’s Sovereign Control and Grace Persist (1 Samuel 22:6-23) |
| September 1, 2024 - God Continues to Sustain David in His Desperation, and David’s Perspective Is Reoriented (1 Samuel 22:1-5) |
| August 25, 2024 - God Sovereignly Cares For and Provides For the Desperate, Even When Their Faith Is Weak (1 Samuel 21:1-15) |
| August 11, 2024 - David’s and Jonathan’s Covenant Informs Their Plans and Actions As Saul’s Intent to Kill David Persists (1 Samuel 20:1-42) |
| August 4, 2024 - God’s Purposes Persist for David as He Providentially Protects Him from Saul Through Jonathan, Michal, and Samuel (1 Samuel 19:1-24) |
| July 28, 2024 - Saul’s Attempts to Kill David Highlight the Combination of Blessing and Hardship He, and Every Believer Faces (1 Samuel 18:7-30) |
| July 21, 2024 - Everyone Honors God’s Chosen and Anointed King After His Representative Victory Over the Undefeatable Enemy (1 Samuel 17:55-18:7) |
| July 14, 2024 - We See the Glories of Jesus in David’s Victory Over Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1-54) |
| July 7, 2024 - God’s Anointed One Alone Provides Definitive Rescue Over the Enemy of God’s People (1 Samuel 17:31-54) |
| June 30, 2024 - The Undefeatable Enemy Is an Impossible Threat, and No One Can Defeat Him, But God Will Send the King He Has Chosen to Rescue His People (1 Samuel 17:1-32) |
| June 23, 2024 - In Clearly Purposeful and Ironic Sovereignty, God Brings David to Minister to Saul (1 Samuel 16:13-23) |
| June 16, 2023 - God’s King Is Anointed to Reign and Rule in Righteousness (1 Samuel 16:1-13) |
| June 9, 2024 - God Ultimately and Definitively Rejects Saul as King Because of His Disobedience in not Fully Destroying the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:1-35) |
| June 2, 2024 - God’s Command to Saul to Eliminate the Amalekites Informs Our Minds and Hearts About His Character and Purposes (1 Samuel 15:1-3) |
| May 26, 2024 - Saul’s Demise Continues to Be Magnified as His Foolish Oath Causes Much Harm (1 Samuel 14:24-52) |
| May 19, 2024 - Jonathan’s Faith, in Contrast to Saul, Speaks to Us (1 Samuel 14:1-23) |
| May 12, 2024 - The Beginning of Saul’s Demise Surprisingly and Sadly Creates a Sense of Hopelessness for the People of God (1 Samuel 13:1-23) |
| May 5, 2024 - For His Glory, God Will Show Mercy and Blessing, and This Is Very Good News (1 Samuel 12:19-25) |
| April 28, 2024 - In Spite of Their Sin, God’s Mercy Provides Hope if His People Will Believe and Obey Him (1 Samuel 12:14-25) |
| April 21, 2024 - In Spite of His People’s Unbelief and Disobedience, God Has Remained Perfectly Faithful (1 Samuel 12:6-13) |
| March 17, 2024 - Samuel Has Been Faithful to the Lord and Israel, and Israel Is Called to Witness It (1 Samuel 12:1-5) |
| March 10, 2024 - Saul’s Rescue of the Jabesh-gileadites Portrays How the King Is to Save and Reign Over God’s People (1 Samuel 11:1-15) |
| March 3, 2024 - The Proclamation of Saul as King Portrays the Simultaneous Realities of God’s Provision and Judgment (1 Samuel 10:17-27) |
| February 25, 2024 - God’s Anointing, Affirmations, and Enabling Have a Profound, Albeit Brief, Effect on Saul (1 Samuel 10:9-16) |
| February 18, 2024 - God Provides Everything Saul Needs to Be a Good King (1 Samuel 10:1-9) |
| February 11, 2024 - The Beginning of the Story of Saul Becoming King Is a Beautiful Portrayal of God’s Good Providence (1 Samuel 9:1-27) |
| February 4, 2024 - Israel Sadly Demands a King Like the Nations, But Hope Persists in God’s Sovereign Mercy (1 Samuel 8:1-22) |
| January 28, 2024 - God Faithfully Provides Victory and Peace for His Repentant, Dependent, and Represented People (1 Samuel 7:7-17) |
| January 21, 2024 - God’s Redeeming Grace and Blessing Are Portrayed in Israel’s Return to Him Through Samuel’s Ministry (1 Samuel 7:1-6) |
| January 14, 2024 - The Philistines and the Israelites Learn That God’s Holiness Is to Be Taken Seriously 1 Samuel 6:1-7:2 |
| January 7, 2024 - God Vindicates His Glory Over the Philistines, and This Is Good News (1 Samuel 5:1-12) |
| December 31, 2023 - The Philistines Capture the Ark, and Eli and His Sons Die, But God Is Sovereignly Working (1 Samuel 4:1-22) |
| December 10, 2023 - God’s Servant Is Called to Bring God’s Word to God’s People, for Their Blessing (1 Samuel 3:4-4:1) |
| December 3, 2023 - The Rarity of the Word of the Lord to Lead His People Is Deeply Troubling, but God Will Faithfully Call and Use His Servant (1 Samuel 3:1-3) |
| November 26, 2023 - God Judges Those Who Don’t Honor Him, But Also Provides Immediate and Ultimate Hope in His Promises (1 Samuel 2:27-36) |
| November 19, 2023 - God Will Raise Up a Faithful and Better Leader for His People (1 Samuel 2:11-26) |
| November 12, 2023 - Hannah’s Song Acts as a Song of Salvation for All God’s People of All Time (1 Samuel 2:1-11) |
| November 5, 2023 - God Is Accomplishing His Sovereign Purposes in Answering Hannah’s Prayer for a Child (1 Samuel 1:1-28) |
| October 29, 2023 - Introduction to 1 Samuel: God Sovereignly Sets up His King to Rule Over His People in Righteousness (Judges 21:25; Ruth 4:22; 1 Samuel 2:9-10; 16:1, 11-13) |