1. The Master and his Servants

2. The Servants and the Talents

3. The Servants and the Master

1. Don't be Alarmed

2. Don't be led Ashtray

3. The Return of the King

4. Be Ready for the King

1. Binning the Invitation

2. The King Responds

3. Accepting the Invite

4. Ignoring the T&Cs

Saul Chooses Himself - God Rejects Saul

1. Saul's Selective Hearing

2. Saul Justifies His Son

3. Saul is Sorry...for himself

Victorious Tragedy

1 Samuel 14:1-52

Introduction

1. The Story

A. Scene One

B. Scene Two

2. What Do We Learn and Why it Matters

1. Buried with Christ

2. Raised with Christ

3. Victory with Christ

1. The Catalyst

2. The Consequences

a. Philistines

b. Israel

c. Saul

3. The Command

Last Farewell

Introduction

1. Looking Back (1-12)

2. A Warning (13-18)

3. Looking Forward (19-25)

a) For Israel

b) For Us

1. The Threat (1-3)

2. The Rescue (4-11)

3. The King (12-15)

4. The Gospel

i. 1 Samuel 11 foreshadows the good news of Jesus

ii. We need to recover the Biblical worldview of warfare

iii. We are engaged in a real war and it is spiritual

iv. The gospel changes the way we fight

v. Our weapons are God's Word, Spirit, and prayer

1. God's Hidden Kindness

2. God's Revealed Kindness

3. Saul the Man of God?

i.Fatally Flawed?

ii.Saviour?

1. The People Demand a King

2. Rejecting the True King

3. A King with a High Price Tag

1. Our Father the Provider

i.For all People

ii.For his Children

iii.For the Fatherless

2. Our Father the Protector

1. Context

2. The Secret

3. Contentment

4. Idols

5. Jesus

6. Application

The Rock That Saves

1. Israel in the Wilderness

2. Israel Repents

3. Ebenezer.2

1. The Problem of the Glory of God (1-9)

2. The Return of the Glory of God (10-18)

3. The Problem of the Glory of God (19-21)

4. Glory to God Alone

Yahweh vs Dagon: The Battle for Glory

1. Dagon Loses Face

2. Yahweh's Glory shines through

2. Yahweh won't stay on the God Shelf

1. The Glory of the Ark (1-11)

2. The Glory of Eli (12-18)

3. Where is the Glory? (19-22)

Here I Am But Where Are You?

1. Where Are We?

2. “Here I Am.”

3. He Is Already Here!

1. Eli's Sons

2. Samuel

3. Eli

1. 1 Samuel in the Big Picture

2. Hannah's Grief

3. Hannah's Prayer

4. God Listens

5. Hannah and the Big Picture