In This Series
- Hannah's Barrenness
- The Call of Samuel
- The Ark is Lost
- The Philistines and the Ark
- The Ark Returns to Israel
- Samuel Leads Israel in Repentance
- Israel Demands a King
- Saul and the Lost Donkeys
- Saul's First Victory
- The Anatomy of Saul's Sin
- Jonathan and Saul on Courage
- Saul's Rash Oath
- Saul's Self-Delusion
- An Introduction to David
- Saul & David: The Story Beneath the Story
- David and Saul And Goliath
- David and Jonathan on Friendship
- Saul Becomes David's Enemey
- Holy Bread: Gifts for the Wilderness
- Wilderness Listening
- Wilderness Watching
- Wilderness Hunger
- David's Complicated Exit
- Surprising Generosity
Series Info
First Samuel (24)
Sunday, January 08, 2017
The Call of Samuel
Chase Replogle
Pastor
Israel is a barren place. Worship has disintegrated. Eli, the High Preist, seems distracted and his sons rob the worshipers of their sacrifices and women. 1 Samuel tells us that, “The word of the Lord was rare in those days.”
We too know what it feels like to be distant from God. To remember his voice and find little evidence of it around us. But God calls Samuel. It is a bit of hope. God is at work again.
Samuel and his family give us a picture of a God who persistently speaks to us by name and the ways we can position ourselves to most easily recognize it.
