As we listen to God in Scripture we want to get a better grip on how we live for Him … More

The eight earliest books of the Bible seem to be setting out the fundamentals of faith. One way of looking … More

1 Samuel and the next 8 Bible books offer a leadership training manual: what things mark people God uses – … More

1 Samuel is the Bible’s first `leadership manual`. And strikingly, the common factor in its very first stories is raising … More

Like we said: 1 Samuel is the Bible’s first `leadership manual`, and the common factor in its first two stories … More

1 Samuel: leadership training. These next chapters show us how a leader leads people into deeper commitment. Eli fails in … More

1 Samuel 8 and 12 bring us something vital about leadership. These chapters help us see two kinds of leaders … More

If there’s one old testament story that scares me, it’s our next one, about Saul: how it’s possible to lose … More

1 Samuel 14 is one of the great commando raids of history, when God used Jonathan in a venture that … More

Now David. David: a nice blue-eyed, curly-haired boy sweetly playing his harp? Not quite. Actually, a deeply damaged kid from a … More

If there’s one part of 1 Samuel that everyone knows, it’s ch17, David and Goliath. And so it should be. … More

We’re going through 1 Samuel. A series of people – some did well with their lives, some didn’t. How? Why? … More

There’s a darkly funny episode in 1 Samuel’s history of Saul’s disintegration. It’s funny, but it’s also a bit bizarre … More

It’s great to read 1 Samuel. It contains so many practical encouragements! We’ve watched how Israel chose against God’s style … More

Last week we saw what we gain from how David (sometimes, not always) symbolises Jesus the Son of David. This … More

This week we’ll look at David for the last time. And the question is: how do you help a David … More

Today we complete our `leadership training` from watching the leaders in 1 Samuel. Today’s is a dramatic, powerful story, and … More

As we leave 1 Samuel – what do we learn from it? Here’s an overall summary, the whole book in … More

Today we launch out on the 2nd of the OT’s leadership training books: 2 Samuel (or 2 Kings, that is, … More

Not surprisingly, one of the first things we find, as we launch out on another of Scripture’s leadership manuals, is … More

Today 2 Samuel 1, about something very practical indeed, a skill that will be essential for anyone in any leadership … More

Today another key lesson from our 2 Samuel leadership manual; vital indeed for anyone at all whom God is going … More

Last week we explored something seriously vital to anyone God will use: our sense of God’s grace, His colossal, undeserved, … More

Some of us have to find our way in sometimes murky areas – the politics in management, in education; even, … More

Today part of our 2 Samuel leadership manual that might be crucial one day for lots of us… A sex … More

A crucial thing today, one we all need sometime: How as a Christian (not, as part of my conversion, but … More

Folks, hello. Something unusual (and brief) this week – just one short verse, as I find it so thought- & … More

Today something else different from usual!- David’s life-song in 2 Sam 22. Watchman Nee says one thing that really matters … More

So we reach 2 Samuel’s last chapters; and there’s a huge, worship-inspiring amount for us here, as we’ll see. But … More