Who Can Lead Us

This Feast Sunday, we begin a new series: WHO CAN LEAD US? A People in Search of a King: A Bible Study on Joshua, Judges, and Samuel. Joshua, Judges, and Samuel continue the story of Israel in the first five books of the Bible—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy—also called the Torah.

In these three books, the Israelites needed a qualified leader to be their King. In this powerful series, WHO CAN LEAD US?, we ask:
·Who influences me? What influences me?
·How can I pick the best influence for my life?
·How can I influence others to become better people?
·How can I make the Greatest Leader—Jesus—lead me?

WELCOME back to our series, WHO CAN LEAD US, our Bible Study on Joshua, Judges, and Samuel. 

This is the second talk unpacking the Book of Joshua.

The key message: “As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

We’re in Talk 3 of our series, Who Can Lead Us? (A Bible Study on Joshua, Judges, and Samuel). 

Titled We Need a Hero, Talk 3 focuses on the book of Judges. It discusses three topics: 1) cast and plot; 2) a sample of two Judges; and 3) three warnings we must heed from the book.

The Book of Judges is a Tragedy. The purpose of the book is to disturb you. To warn you. To fill you with terror at the horrific state of those who fall away from God.

But the key message of Talk 3 is comforting: God will never break  His covenant with you.

We’re in the middle of our thrilling series, WHO CAN LEAD US?, a Bible Study on Joshua, Judges, and Samuel.

In Talk 1 and Talk 2, we unpacked Joshua;
In Talk 3, we dove into Judges;
In Talk 4, we tackle the life of Samson—the last Judge.

Samson is the long-haired dude with super strength. Samson is a superhero for many who don’t read the Bible.

But you’ll find out that because he’s the last Judge of 12 very flawed Judges, and because this book is a downward spiral whose characters get worse and worse, then that means Samson is the baddest of them all. He is the most violent, promiscuous, and vengeful of all the Judges.

But at the start, Samson looked really promising.

The key message of Talk 4 is You are set apart for God.

We’re in the middle of our series, WHO CAN LEAD US? A People in Search of a King. This is our brave attempt to unbox the spiritual treasures found in three under-appreciated books: Joshua, Judges, and Samuel.

In Talk 5, we open the book of Samuel, or a warrior Judge.

This Talk contains 3 parts: (1) God Hears the Humble Hannah; (2) Humble Samuel Hears God; and (3) The Proud That Cannot Hear and Cannot Be Heard.

It starts with a broken, barren woman.

The key message: God hears the humble.