Rev. Paul Leonard

What is it that lets us defeat the giants in our life?

When Samuel anoints David, God tells Samuel that he does judge by the externals of humanity, but rather looks to the heart

Saul loses the kingship of Israel; however, the question is why? Rev. Leonard looks to the "heart" of the matter 

We look at the story of how Saul is anointed king. Saul seems to have everything going for him on the outside; that just makes him the kind of king the people want... not the kind of king they need.

Israel sins in asking Samuel to appoint a king over them, which Samuel only does reluctantly. Today's lesson is about submitting to the Lord's control even those things we think are good (like a King to protect us). God may have other or better plans for our lives; we won't know if we don't ask or listen.

Pentecost is the day we celebrate the founding of the church, and it's normally looked at from the perspective of missions. In this lesson, Rev. Leonard looks at the equally important perspective of what the coming of the Holy Spirit means for believers.

In this chapter the story of 1 Samuel hits its low point as the people of Israel is defeated and the ark of the covenant is stolen. This message deals with getting right with God, and the problems we encourage when we pick a God sized fight without getting God sized help.

We look at he call of Samuel in 1st Samuel ch3

An introduction to a series on the book of 1st Samuel.

Having a purpose in life is a rare treasure; Jesus says to not store up treasures here on earth. Today Rev. Leonard takes a look at how the bible deals two ways with our search for meaning, and explores the approach of Ecclesiastes 3

{I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts. For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity. All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.  Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?}