2015 sermon series in the books of 1 & 2 Samuel
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 5:1-7:17 Outline: Small — God Is Captured Scared — God Is a Consuming Fire Submit — God Is Covenantal Reflection Questions: 1) Are you okay with God employing you in His Service of “Smallness” & “Silliness” (i.e. foolishness [see 1 Cor. 1:18-31])? Are you cool with God giving you Christ-like assignments of […]
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 4:1-22 Outline: Right Theology, Wrong Practice (vv.1-4) Misplaced Confidence (vv.5-11) Missing God’s Presence (vv.12-22) Reflection Questions: In what ways have you or do you try to conjure or control/manipulate God to get what you want? What is your confidence level with God, particularly as it concerns your well-being? In what way […]
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 3:1-4:1 Outline: THE WORD OF THE LORD WAS RARE… RARELY SPELLS ROTTEN …AND GOD REJECTS ROTTEN! REVELATION TO THE RESCUE! Reflection Questions: Would it honestly bother you to go an entire week without reading the Bible? …Think of something that matters to you so much – that if you went a […]
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 2:12-36 Outline: DEPLORABLE REPRESENTATION (12-17) DESPISED BY GOD (22-36) THE HOPE OF A FAITHFUL PRIEST (18-21, 26, 35) Reflection Questions: What matters more to you… simply being in the presence of a person, OR the perks and provisions and presents that can be procured from that person? Which of the following […]