Why did God reject Saul? This sermon explores the relationship between obedience and repentance as well as the troubling question of the ban, the command to totally destroy the Amalekites.
Israel is searching for a king. Saul is searching for donkeys. His character flaws make him an unlikely candidate for a king. And yet the Spirit of God changes him…
As human beings we have an intense desire for belonging and, conversely, for recognition. We want to fit in, and yet we don't want to stick out. Through the Holy…
These chapters of 1 Samuel ask us how do we want to look like the nations or neighbours around us instead of trusting that as God has helped us in…
1 Samuel 4-6 follows the adventures of the ark of the covenant. The Philistines and Israel underestimate God with comic and tragic results. We're left with the question, Who can…
A sermon for the coronation of King Charles III
In 1 Samuel 2-3 we see spiritual leaders abusing their position of power, the challenges of parenting and the promise of the kind of spiritual leader that we all need.
Hannah brings the anguish of childlessness to God in prayer. She finds the pain of her story caught up in the great story of God bringing in his kingdom through…
Psalm 84 is a wonderful meditation on what it means to be in God's presence, from an author who longs to return to the temple to worship God and receive…
"The most dangerous idea in human history and philosophy remains the belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and rose from the dead." Peter Hitchens.