How David met Saul
Saul’s jealousy of David and attempts to kill him; David’s escape and prayerful response in a Psalm: 1 Samuel 18–19; Psalm 59 …
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Saul loses hope
Saul wins battles but his disobedience leads God to choose David; David serves Saul, defeats Goliath: 1 Samuel 15–17 This …
Saul’s early victories
Saul and Jonathan defeat the Philistines despite Israel’s lack of fighting men and weapons: 1 Chronicles 9:35–39; 1 Samuel 13–14 It’s …
The first disaster for Gad and Reuben and an Ammonite defeat
Saul the reluctant king; Ammonites defeated in battle; Samuel’s last words: 1 Samuel 9–12 The choice of Gad and Reuben to …
Samuel turns Israel back to God
The Philistines return the Ark of the covenant; God defeats the Philistines; Samuel judges Israel; the Israelites reject Samuel’s sons and want a king …
She asked the Lord of Heaven’s armies for a child
The decline of Eli (the house of Aaron), Samuel’s beginnings, losing the Ark of the Covenant: 1 Samuel 1–4 The Lord …
Jabez
The genealogy from Judah to King David: Ruth 4:13–22; 1 Chronicles 2:9–55 and 4:1–23 In the middle of a list of fathers, …
Ruth: a virtuous woman
The story of Naomi, Ruth and Boaz: Ruth 1–4 In proverbs we learnt that a virtuous woman is a crown to her …
Israel’s dark ages
Micah’s idols ensnare Dan; civil war with Benjamin: Judges 17–21 It all started with sin and a curse: a lot of …
God can use even less-than-best
Samson: Judges 13–16 Samson wasn’t the son many of us would wish on the children of your worst enemies: cruel, disrespectful, wanton, and quite possibly …
That Ammonite king: Tell ‘im he’s dreamin’
Jephthah takes on the Ammonites, but loses his daughter; Ibzan, Elon, Abdon judge: Judges 11–12 The king of the Ammonites wanted …
The first king of (part of) Israel
Abimelech murders his brothers, assumes power in Shechem, then dies in an attempt to crush a rebellion: Judges 9–10 Who …
Let the idol defend itself
Gideon: Judges 6–8 Gideon’s father, Joash, had lost one of his prize bulls, but he wasn’t going to let the …
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