Well, it seems that the last few passages that I have preached from have been heavy. This is no exception. It’s a little intense. It deals with rebellion and contempt and immorality and judgment, and yet there is also a thread of God’s kindness and hope. I pray that we will be able to see […]
1 Samuel
A Bottomless Pit
A King is Crowned
That is our prayer this morning as we turn to God’s Word. I invite you to turn with me in your Bibles to 1 Samuel 10 as we continue to make our way through this book, looking at the life of Samuel. We have a couple more chapters, a couple more weeks in this series, […]
A Reflection of Religion in America
Father in heaven, help us. Help us to listen, to pay attention, to not be distracted, to not be overcome with hunger or curiosity about what’s happening on the other side of our phones, but to give You our attention. It’s not so important that anyone here hear from a mere man, but we want […]
A Son Becomes a King
Consider What Great Things He Has Done For You
We come this morning to the end of our summer series on the life and ministry of Samuel. I invite you to turn in your Bibles to 1 Samuel chapter 12. Rather than reading the whole chapter at the beginning, we’ll move through this scene by scene and read the verses as come to them. […]
David Rescued by a Woman
Yesterday when I was jogging in the Charlotte marathon, I heard somebody say, “Do you know how to know if someone’s run a marathon? Don’t worry—they’ll tell you, was the answer.” [laughter] All the signs on their cars and everything else. I want first of all just to say, as a reformed Baptist who lives […]
Here I Raise My Ebenezer
I encourage you to turn in your Bibles to 1 Samuel, chapter 7. 1 Samuel, chapter 7. In chapter 4 we saw the Philistines defeat the Israelites and so the Israelites bring the ark into battle, but they presume upon the Lord and they are defeated again, and the ark is captured. In chapter 5 […]
Holding Out For A Hero
Speak Lord
Well, we continue today our study in 1 Samuel. We’re turning today to chapter 3, 1 Samuel 3. So in the first chapter of Samuel we saw the prayer of Hannah, that God would bless her with a son and the Lord did that. We saw contrast in chapter 2 between Samuel as he’s growing […]
The God who Sees and Saves
I sometimes wish some of you could stand on this side of the pulpit and hear all of you sing. It’s just an amazing thing to hear all the people of God gather together singing. It’s a wonderful privilege to hear that and to bring the Word to you this morning. We’re beginning a summer […]
The Kingdom Renewed
Heavenly Father, we pray for Your grace. We don’t pray in this brief moment before the sermon because that’s just how we start sermons; we pray because we need Your help. We need ears to hear or this will be wasted time. I need Your Spirit, or what I preach will just be my own […]
When the Glory Departs
Our heavenly Father, as we think of those two truths, our worth and our unworthiness, we come to Your Word asking, believing in faith, that You would speak to us, tell us just what we need to hear, cut through all of the distractions. May we hear not simply a man speaking behind a pulpit […]
You Can’t Put God in a Box
Heavenly Father, we come once again, not merely out of habit or custom, but out of our sense of deep need, that we want to hear from You. Give me the words to say and help me to say them in the right way, and give us ears to listen, that You may strengthen us, […]
