1 Samuel : looking on the heart
- Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland, Christian Focus, 2000
- 288 pages ; 22 c
- Focus on the Bible .
Part 1: A prophet from God's grace (1 Samuel 1-7) Cradle and kingdom (1:1-2:10) Judgment begins at the house of God (2:11-36) Prophets profit (3:1-4:1a) Rabbit-foot theology (4:1b-22) Arkeological discoveries (5:1-7:1) New mercies (7:2-17) Part 2: A king in God's place (1 Samuel 8-14) The king thing (8:1-22) Lost and found (9:1-10:16) A lost king? (10:17-27) A hopeful beginning (11:1-15) Covenant accusing and assuring (12:1-25) Tarnish on the crown (13:1-23) Sad success (14:1-52) Part 3: A man after God's heart (1 Samuel 15-31) Rejecting the chosen (15:1-35) Looking on the heart (16:1-23) Glory to God in the highest and on earth thud (17:1-58) The shadow of the Almighty (18:1-19:24) How do you spell security? (20:1-42) Desperation (21:1-22:5) Even now many Antichrists have come (22:6-23) The God who provides (23:1-29) This is the day! Or is it? (24:1-22) Preventive providence (25:1-44) The spear makes the point (26:1-25) What can a God-less text teach us? (27:1-28:2) And it was night (28:3-25) Accepting the Philistines as your personal savior (29:1-11) When the bottom drops out (30:1-31) The end? (31:1-13)