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Back to Search1 Samuel 9:1-27: The King Can't Find the Donkeys
Although Saul has the outward appearance of a king, several warning signs are present, indicating that he may not serve the people as well as they wo…
1 year, 6 months ago
1 Samuel 8:1-22: Like All the Nations
As Samuel grows old, the elders of Israel rightly recognize the corruption of Samuel's sons, who are unfit to be judges in Samuel's place. However, t…
1 year, 6 months ago
1 Samuel 7:3-17: Here I Raise My Ebenezer
Samuel's faithful preaching to Israel called God's people to repentance for their idolatry, and Israel listened. As Samuel led the people in confessi…
1 year, 6 months ago
1 Samuel 5:1-7:2: Dagon Bows to the LORD
The Philistines were quite mistaken to think that their capture of the LORD's ark meant that their idol had defeated the LORD. The LORD shows the imp…
1 year, 7 months ago
1 Samuel 4:1-22: The Glory Departs from Israel
Although Samuel was preaching God's Word to all Israel, the people did not bother to consult him in their fights against the Philistines. After suffe…
1 year, 7 months ago
1 Samuel 3:1-21: Speak, LORD; Your Servant Listens
When Samuel was a young man serving under Eli in the LORD's house, the LORD's Word rarely came as it had to Moses and Joshua. Yet the LORD was bringi…
1 year, 7 months ago
1 Samuel 2:12-36: Eli's Sons Are Wicked, but Samuel Is Faithful
The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, act wickedly in their service at the LORD's house, unlawfully taking parts of the sacrifices for themselves …
1 year, 7 months ago
1 Samuel 2:1-11: Hannah's Song
As Hannah fulfills her promise to give her son Samuel into the LORD's service at the tabernacle, she prays with joy and thanksgiving at what the LORD…
1 year, 7 months ago
1 Samuel 1:1-22: For This Child I Prayed
The book of 1 Samuel begins at a religious low point for Israel, when there was no king and everyone did what was right in his own eyes. The LORD beg…
1 year, 7 months ago
NEW SERIES: A Kingdom Unlike All the Nations
"A Kingdom Unlike All the Nations” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through 1-2 Samuel. This time in Israel's history has its highs and lows, bu…
1 year, 7 months ago