by Steve Thomason | Mar 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 24:1-6; 25:32-34; 26:9-11 When someone cuts you off in traffic, what do you want to do? When you get passed over for a job that you worked hard to get and for which you were perfectly qualified, how do you feel? When someone hurts your child, what do you want...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 30, 2010 | News
by Steve Thomason | Mar 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 18:1-16; 20:1-42 Imagine that you are the CEO of a company. You enjoy the power and the perks of being at the top. Then along comes a young recruit who is rising quickly up the ranks of the company. You start hearing his name mentioned quite often at the...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 15:1-35; 17:1-58 As with all good stories, the early scenes set the stage for what is to come. In these two chapters we get to peek into the heart of the two main characters in this drama. On the one hand we see Saul, the current king of Israel. On the...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 12:1-25 In this chapter we encounter the third great farewell speech in the Old Testament. The history of Israel and its shifts from era to era seem to be punctuated by these speeches. As the nation shifted from the era of the patriarchs and slavery into the...