Welcome back to our series, WHO CAN LEAD US? A People in Search of a King. Today, we take a big step in our series because we talk about the first King of Israel—King Saul.

Spoiler alert: King Saul was a colossal disappointment.

Talk 6 backtracks and checks how he became king.

The key message: Follow the Right King.

We’re in the middle of our series, WHO CAN LEAD US? A People in Search of a King. This is our brave attempt to unbox the spiritual treasures found in three under-appreciated books: Joshua, Judges, and Samuel.

In Talk 5, we open the book of Samuel, or a warrior Judge.

This Talk contains 3 parts: (1) God Hears the Humble Hannah; (2) Humble Samuel Hears God; and (3) The Proud That Cannot Hear and Cannot Be Heard.

It starts with a broken, barren woman.

The key message: God hears the humble.

We’re in the middle of our thrilling series, WHO CAN LEAD US?, a Bible Study on Joshua, Judges, and Samuel.

In Talk 1 and Talk 2, we unpacked Joshua;

In Talk 3, we dove into Judges;

In Talk 4, we tackle the life of Samson—the last Judge.

Samson is the long-haired dude with super strength. Samson is a superhero for many who don’t read the Bible.

But you’ll find out that because he’s the last Judge of 12 very flawed Judges, and because this book is a downward spiral whose characters get worse and worse, then that means Samson is the baddest of them all. He is the most violent, promiscuous, and vengeful of all the Judges.

But at the start, Samson looked really promising.

The key message of Talk 4 is You are set apart for God.

We’re in Talk 3 of our series, Who Can Lead Us? (A Bible Study on Joshua, Judges, and Samuel).

Titled We Need a Hero, Talk 3 focuses on the book of Judges. It discusses three topics: 1) cast and plot; 2) a sample of two Judges; and 3) three warnings we must heed from the book.

The Book of Judges is a Tragedy. The purpose of the book is to disturb you. To warn you. To fill you with terror at the horrific state of those who fall away from God.

But the key message of Talk 3 is comforting: God will never break His covenant with you.

WELCOME back to our series, WHO CAN LEAD US, our Bible Study on Joshua, Judges, and Samuel.

This is the second talk unpacking the Book of Joshua.

The key message: “As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

This Feast Sunday, we begin a new series: WHO CAN LEAD US? A People in Search of a King: A Bible Study on Joshua, Judges, and Samuel. Joshua, Judges, and Samuel continue the story of Israel in the first five books of the Bible—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy—also called the Torah.

In these three books, the Israelites needed a qualified leader to be their King. In this powerful series, WHO CAN LEAD US?, we ask:

·Who influences me? What influences me?

·How can I pick the best influence for my life?

·How can I influence others to become better people?

·How can I make the Greatest Leader—Jesus—lead me?

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We imagine Jesus only as a preacher, healer, and miracle-worker.

But He did these tasks for three years only. Before His ministry, for 18 long years, Jesus worked as an ordinary carpenter like his father Joseph.

But this was hidden work. The Bible never recorded a single word from Joseph. He didn’t preach with words–He preached by raising Jesus, the Word.

Fact: 99% of your work is hidden.

The key message of Talk 5 is: God sees your hidden ordinary work.

In the past three weeks of our teaching series, 9-5, we explored how God sees secular work as sacred work.

And together with a rhythm of rest, we captured the original design of work. (See Genesis 2:15 below)

Occasionally, in our jobs, we get glimpses of this original design.

There are days when we enjoy our work. When we feel fulfilled. But for most, work is far from this beautiful idea…

For millions of people, work is suffering.

Here’s the big question of today’s Talk: How can we find God even when work is suffering? (There is a way, and Talk 4 unpacks it.)

The key message: God will turn bad into good.