Over the past few weeks we have been reading through the stories of the early history of Israel when they were ruled by their first kings. Saul was first and then David. Last week we read the story which begins the downfall of David as king. We read the story of David’s rape of Bathsheba […]
Over the past few weeks, we have been reading through the stories from Israel’s early history when they were ruled by kings. Their first king was Saul and then David rose to power as their second king. Up until today we have been reading about how David was faithful to God and how God chose […]
Over the past several weeks we have been reading stories from the early history of Israel when they were ruled by their first kings. We have heard about Saul their first king and now David their second king. We have heard stories of David being anointed king over a united Israel for what will be […]
Over the past few weeks we have been learning about the early days of Israel when they were ruled by kings. We have heard about Saul being the first king and then David succeeding him. We heard the stories of how Saul was jealous of David and tried to have him killed. Last week we […]
Over the past several weeks we have been reading through the stories found in 1st and 2nd Samuel from the Old Testament. These are stories from ancient Israel about 1000 years before the birth of Christ. We have begun to hear stories about David and today we will read about him becoming the new king […]
We are in a sermon series reading through some of the important stories found in 1st and 2nd Samuel from the Old Testament. This is the period when ancient Israel is moving into the period of monarchy. Last week we read about how King Saul and the Israelite army were being threatened by the Philistines. […]
Today we continue reading through the Old Testament books of 1st and 2nd Samuel. Last week we read the story of the anointing of David to become the 2nd king of ancient Israel replacing Saul. David was an unlikely choice because he was the youngest of 8 children and overlooked as kingly material. But we […]
Today we continue reading from I Samuel about the first kings of ancient Israel. Last week, we read that Israel was governed by judges who tended to be weak which led to Israel being invaded a lot by its enemies. The people demanded a king like the nations around them. God did not want them […]
This summer we are going to spend time reading through stories found in the Old Testament books of I and II Samuel. I and II Samuel are books telling about events from 3000 years ago but stories that we will find very relevant today. I and II Samuel was originally one book written in the […]
This morning we are going to be reading a text from I John. I John is part of three letters which we know as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John that are found toward the end of the Bible in the New Testament. These letters were written in about 100 AD or CE or about 70 […]