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    The Ark Returned (1 Samuel 6)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 1, 2025
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    How reverently do we handle holy things? Let's look at 1 Samuel 6.

    Do we treat the things of God with proper reverence as holy or are we sloppy? Do we quickly turn from the error of our ways or stubbornly persist? Let’s look at 1 Samuel 6. How long did it take the Philistines to admit they made a mistake? Why are we so stubborn to repent of a bad decision? The ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    National Repentance (1 Samuel 7)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 1, 2025
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    Is Baal or Astarte the answer to our national woes or is national repentance needed? Let's look at 1 Samuel 7.

    Is the party of Baal or the party of Astarte the answer to national woes or is national repentance the real answer? What happened when all Israel confessed their sins and repented? Are we willing to repent of worshipping false gods? Let’s look at 1 Samuel 7. Did the people repent of worshipping ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Human Governments (1 Samuel 8)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 3, 2025
     | 166 views

    Do all human governments eventually disappoint? Let's look at 1 Samuel 8.

    Are all human governments faulty? Why would people think that the solution is a king when God is the real answer? Let’s look at 1 Samuel 8. Did Samuel’s sons reveal yet another sad reason why succession fails to guarantee faithfulness to God? For this reason, do Protestants have every right to ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Saul To Be King (1 Samuel 9)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 4, 2025
     | 235 views

    Do we put our trust in kings or God? Let's look at 1 Samuel 9.

    Do we tend to want leaders based on superficial qualities? What outward traits did Saul have? What leader serves like Jesus did? Let’s begin in 1 Samuel 9. What were Saul’s outstanding physical characteristics? There was a wealthy man from the tribe of Benjamin named Kish. He was the son of Abiel ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Saul Anointed King (1 Samuel 10)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 5, 2025
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    What can we learn from Saul's anointing as king? What does it mean that Jesus was called the anointed one? Let's begin in 1 Samuel 10.

    Did God confirm Saul’s calling with signs along the way? Did God’s Spirit come over Saul? What signs confirm Jesus as the anointed one, the Messiah? Let’s look in 1 Samuel 10. Britain’s King Charles III was anointed with oil during his coronation ceremony in 2023. Did Samuel anoint Saul with olive ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Saul's Righteous Anger (1 Samuel 11)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 6, 2025
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    Is all anger evil, or is there a righteous anger? Let's look at 1 Samuel 11.

    Can we be passive or must we conquer evil? Can God mercifully rescue us from evil? Do God’s enemies want to humiliate us? Does righteous anger conquer evil and unrighteous anger let evil conquer us? Let’s look at 1 Samuel 11. Did the Ammonites threaten Jabesh in Gilead with a humiliating offer of ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Whom Do We Serve (1 Samuel 12)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 8, 2025
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    Whom do we serve, politics, a king, or God? Let's begin in 1 Samuel 12.

    Israel rejected God as king, by choosing a human king. God still worked with them but warned them that something important was still required. Are following and obeying the Lord important to us? Let’s look in 1 Samuel 12. Did Samuel challenge Israel that he was an honest man who did not defraud or ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Saul Disobeys God (1 Samuel 13)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 8, 2025
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    What is the difference between a man after God's own heart and a man after self-glorification? Let's begin in 1 Samuel 13.

    Did Saul act foolishly, disobeying God? What kind of heart was God looking for in a national leader? What kind of heart do we have? Let’s begin in 1 Samuel 13. How old was Saul when he began to rule and how long was he king? Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned for ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Saul's Erratic Leadership (1 Samuel 14)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 10, 2025
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    Was Saul erratic, sometimes doing God's will and sometimes not? Let's look at 1 Samuel 14.

    Did Jonathan have a living faith that included action? Did Saul vacillate between asking God’s guidance and foolish decisions? Do we? Let’s begin in 1 Samuel 14. Did Saul’s son Jonathan want to check out an enemy Philistine garrison? Did he choose an easily defensible position between two large ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Rejects Saul (1 Samuel 15)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 10, 2025
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    Are we deserving of God's rejection like Saul or are we people after God's heart like David? Let's begin in 1 Samuel 15.

    What was the ultimate cause of Saul’s failure as king of Israel? Was his obedience to God partial and inconsistent? Did he desire to glorify himself or God? Let’s look in 1 Samuel 15. Was Saul expected to destroy everything that the Amalekites owned? Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the Lord ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Chose David (1 Samuel 16)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 11, 2025
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    Why does God choose one and not another? Let's look in 1 Samuel 16.

    Did God choose the least likely son of Jesse according to human reasoning? Are those God chooses often deemed unlikely by the world? Do we judge by outward appearance, or the heart? Let’s look at 1 Samuel 16. How did God assign Samuel to anoint a replacement for Saul? Does wisdom often mean ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    David's Faith (1 Samuel 17)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 13, 2025
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    What kind of faith does it take for a young man to do what hardened soldiers were afraid to do? Let's look at 1 Samuel 17.

    How did a young man come to so much faith? How did he conquer a giant problem that had all of Israel cowering? Do we have that kind of faith? Let’s look in 1 Samuel 17. Was the Philistine threat a seemingly insurmountable problem? The Philistines got ready for war and brought their troops ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    An Enemy Within (1 Samuel 18)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 14, 2025
     | 149 views

    How often do we find an enemy who is close to us? Let's look at 1 Samuel 18.

    Will faithful servants of God have enemies even from within? How should we treat them? Let’s begin in 1 Samuel 18. Did Jonathan and David become the best of friends? As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Toxic Jealousy (1 Samuel 19)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 15, 2025
     | 137 views

    When does jealousy become toxic? Let's look at 1 Samuel 19.

    Was Saul jealous of David? Why is envy such a toxic emotion? Let’s look at 1 Samuel 19. How did Jonathan come to David’s defense against his father Saul? Saul now urged his servants and his son Jonathan to assassinate David. But Jonathan, because of his strong affection for David, told him what ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Loyal Friends (1 Samuel 20)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 16, 2025
     | 228 views

    How rare is it to find a true friend willing to die for you? Is Jesus such a friend? Let's begin in 1 Samuel 20.

    Are loyal friends hard to find? Are we loyal to our friends even to death? Is Jesus a true friend? Let’s look at a special friendship in 1 Samuel 20. Did David ask Jonathan why Saul was determined to kill him? David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and said, “What have I done? What ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist