STUDY OF 1 SAMUEL

Join a Bible study group this Fall and get ready to dive into 1 Samuel!

If you enjoy reading adventure stories with intrigue, battles, and larger-than-life heroes overcoming impossible odds to conquer the "bad guys," you will love 1 Samuel. Its characters include a giant, a witch, a demon-possessed king, an outlaw band that rivals Robin Hood's, and a shepherd boy who becomes a fugitive and later becomes a king. But 1 Samuel is not a fable or a script for a sci-fi movie. It’s an accurate historical record of events that occurred about a thousand years before Jesus, in the land of Israel, and of the people who participated in those events. In addition, 1 Samuel transitions us to a whole new "chapter" in God’s redemptive plan for humanity. God’s people become a "kingdom"—a kingdom that will rise and fall, only to rise again permanently.