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

Rejecting God as King leads to enslavement.

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.