One of the most formative habits of my life has been that of daily Bible reading. Whether the motivating force on any given day is desperation, duty, or delight, I truly believe that those who seek the Lord in His Word will find Him; I’ve experienced that over and over again in my own life….
Tag: 1 Samuel
When God is Silent
What do you do when it seems as though the Lord is silent? When you’ve prayed and prayed, pouring your heart out to God, and there is no answer? Do you question whether He is really there, and truly hears? I know I have before. Our mid-week Bible study has been studying the life of…
The Idols of Today
What I’m about to say is certainly not new. It’s not ground-breaking or revolutionary by any means, and if you’ve been in church for any lengthy period of time or heard a sermon based on any of the Old Testament narrative, from Judges all the way through to the exilic period, chances are it was…
The Word of the Lord
We’re studying the first half of 1 Samuel in our Wednesday Bible study this semester, and I’ve been stuck on a phrase from 1 Samuel 3:1: “the word of the Lord was rare in those days”. I think that goes far to explain the backdrop of the book, actually. Samuel was the last of the…