The return of the ark, stage 2. The man of God turns things around in Israel. Israel demands a king.

The incredible victory of the Philistines over Israel, in spite of the presence of the ark of the Lord. Then, the defeat of the Philistines by the Presence in the Ark, with no help from Israel's military.

Spurgeon blasts the instability of the unbeliever, the hypocrite, and to some extent, all of us.

Eli and his evil sons rebuked. Samuel informed of God's plans for the corrupt priesthood of Shiloh.

Ruth and Boaz marry and continue the line that leads to David and the Messiah. Hannah receives a child from the Lord also, namely Samuel.

Ruth chooses Israel and Israel's God. She meets Boaz. Boaz makes arrangements for the wedding...

Benjamin punished severely, then restored. And the beginning of the tragedies in Ruth's life.

A simple subject but powerful examination, as Spurgeon was evidently going through a storm himself.

The tragic story of a sexually mad town of the tribe of Benjamin.

Israel does what is right in its own eyes... The story of how a Levite and some idols became the possession of the newly-located tribe of Dan.