Israel demands a king, so God lets them have their king. Where do they find their valiant hero? Faithfully, almost obsessively, tending his herd of donkeys. And he's not sure he wants to switch jobs.

1 Samuel 8 stands in contrast to the victory we saw in 1 Samuel 7. Many years after their victory, Israel turned to a much older Samuel to ask for a king. God laid out parameters for a king for Israel in the book of Deuteronomy. So why is this request not greeted warmly? What's the bad news in Israel's request?

In this next week of our series on 1 & 2 Samuel, Israel sees God thunder on their behalf. Samuel judges and Israel sees victory after their previous catastrophic defeats. Join us we move on in this story of Israel’s search for a king.

Warfare and worship are wrapped up together in the Old Testament. One has to do with the other. Our next installment of our series in 1 Samuel is all about misguided warfare and worship. Death and glory. How do the two meet?

In the second week of our series on 1 & 2 Samuel, we get to know a little bit more about Samuel himself. What happens when something "goes bump in the night," but that "something" is actually "Someone" and the "bump" is a Voice calling a name?

Fourth and final Sunday of Advent. Israel was looking for a king to come and liberate them and rule justly. We will look this Sunday at a big reason why they were looking for such a king... and why we should too.

Week Three of Advent! What can we look forward to but the Hope of the nations? What does Jesus come to do? The freeing of prisoners, the healing of the wounded, the consolation of the mourning. Join us as we look to His coming!

Take comfort! This second week of Advent, we look back on the way that God comforts His people and presents Himself as the Good Shepherd that we’re all hoping for.

Advent is here! Before Christmas is a season of waiting and expectation. In a culture gone mad with instant gratification, come to church and wait with us. We’ll spend the next four weeks listening to Prophets and Psalmists and Gospel writers telling us to check our appetites and be sure to hunger for what is lasting.

This the last of our five-week series in honor of 500 years of Reformation. The last "Sola" (or "soli," in this instance) is really the heart of all the others: Soli Deo Gloria. Glory to God alone. Johann Sebastian Bach put "SDG" on all of his works to write this refrain on everything he did. But what exactly did the Reformers mean when they emphasized this and why do some consider it the lifeblood the Reformation?