Amos, taken from following the flocks and sent to (and rejected by) Israel, shows us what is required of Christ’s ministers and the kind of gift God graciously gives us in those who preach his word to us. Amos 7:10-17

The anointing of David, a man after God's own heart, foreshadows the anointing of Jesus, as well as our own anointing as disciples of our Lord. 1 Samuel 16

When confronted with all the ways we stop short of full heartfelt obedience, our hearts are drawn to hope in the King who always listened. 1 Samuel 15

Our ultimate hope rests in God’s unlikely deliverance through an unexpected King. 1 Samuel 14

In 1 Samuel 12 Samuel reflects on the characteristics of the the relationship between a people and their leadership as they walk together through life.

God's providence shapes the lives of his people, supplying their needs and inviting their faithful response. 1 Samuel 9-10

This chapter helps us see how easy it can be in the midst of legitimate need to settle for God substitutes. I Samuel 8

The Gospel is the good news of how God's people are met at the very point of their failures and experience the deepening presence of God. I Samuel 7

In I Sam 4-6 we learn to appreciate that we cannot put God in a box, but that ultimately we discover that He is the God we need.

In the midst of a dark time for God’s people, God breaks the silence by establishing his word through the prophet Samuel. 1 Samuel 3:1-21