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1 Sam 1:1-20–2:11

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... is the incomparable king who ensures fertility. In contrast to Baal, who periodically succumbs to the god of death, the Lord both kills and makes alive. The Lord, not Baal, is the one who thunders in the storm.2 Interpretive Insights 1:1 There was a certain man from Ramathaim . . . whose name was Elkanah. Hannah’s story begins the same way as the stories of Samson (Judg. 13:2, “A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah”) and Micah (Judg. 17:1, “Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim ...

2. Repentance and Victory

1 Samuel 7:2-17

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... as a female consort of Baal in the mythological texts from Ugarit, sometimes in association with Anat, another of Baal’s consorts. This chapter contributes to the Baal polemic that began in Judges and continued with Hannah, Samuel’s mother. The Song of Deborah depicts the Lord as sovereign over the storm as he defeats the Canaanite armies (Judg. 5:4–5). The Gideon account, along with its sequel about Abimelek, contains a strong anti-Baal polemic, showing how Baal is unable to fully avenge Gideon’s ...

3. The Lord Is My Rock

2 Samuel 22:1-51

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... protection (1 Sam. 23:2, 4–5, 10–12; 30:8; 2 Sam. 5:19).7 22:32 And who is the Rock except our God? Like Hannah (1 Sam. 2:2), David affirms that the Lord is the incomparable protector of his people. Both use the metaphor of the “rock” to depict the ... of chaos (vv. 14–16). As ruler of the nations, the Lord deserves their recognition and worship (v. 50). He controls the storm and uses it to subdue his enemies, including Death itself (vv. 5–20). On the basis of his experience, David also asserts ...

4. Here Is Where It Happens

1 Samuel 2:12-26

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Arthur H. Kolsti

... the first three chapters of 1 Samuel it is not Mary and Joseph that we meet, but Hannah and Elkanah. Hannah, like Mary, receives a child from God. Hannah, like Mary, sings in exultation. Eli received Samuel in the shrine as Simeon did Jesus. Think ... survive in the area around Columbus Circle. He was a veteran alley cat. One day a mouse escaped his claws and hid in a storm drain just under the curb of the sidewalk. The mouse was trembling but remained quiet, knowing the cat was probably waiting for him to ...

5. Blood Vengeance in Gibeah

2 Samuel 21:1-14

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... royal splendor to bring deliverance and victory to his king by destroying his enemies (1 Sam. 2:10; 2 Sam. 22:4–20). Hannah, viewing her experience as typical of God’s intervention for his people, looked forward to what the Lord would do for Israel through ... from the fourteenth century BC.2The Hittites suffered from a plague for several years. When the Hittite king inquires of the storm-god, he is told that his father has violated a peace treaty with the Egyptians. The Hittite king laments that the ...

6. David's Mighty Men

2 Samuel 23:8-39

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... royal splendor to bring deliverance and victory to his king by destroying his enemies (1 Sam. 2:10; 2 Sam. 22:4–20). Hannah, viewing her experience as typical of God’s intervention for his people, looked forward to what the Lord would do for Israel through ... from the fourteenth century BC.2 The Hittites suffered from a plague for several years. When the Hittite king inquires of the storm-god, he is told that his father has violated a peace treaty with the Egyptians. The Hittite king laments that the sins ...

7. Endurance

2 Corinthians 11:24-27, 2 Timothy 4:6-8

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Scott Suskovic

... to teach her what an elbow was. Thankfully, she was still allowed into kindergarten. I'm still doing this cramming today as Hannah is preparing for graduation from high school and getting ready for college. Can you do laundry? Can you manage finances? Do you know ... ? By being a person of faith. Keep The Faith This one is hard, isn't it? Keeping the faith in the midst of the storm. Keeping your trust even when you think you are walking this path alone. Keep the faith. Let me be honest with you, this is ...

8. David's Song of Praise

2 Samuel 22:1-51

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Mary J. Evans

... record of his life. There are, as Gordon points out (1 and 2 Samuel: A Commentary, p. 309), marked similarities in theme between this psalm and Hannah’s song (1 Sam. 2). One reason for including this psalm may be to provide a parallel to that song and to draw the reader’ ... the fiercest and most compelling images drawn from nature. The power of God is compared with that of great earthquakes and storms. God is capable of anger and of judgment as well as of providing comfort and strength. He is not a God ...

9. Song of Promise

Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

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Lori Wagner

... this line, spoken by a very melancholy character: "We're all just songs in the end. If we are lucky." (George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords) You are more than “lucky.” You are chosen. You are appointed and anointed to be a Song. You are the Song. So be ... “available” to God will result in the “I Am” of our saviour’s birth. Mary’s Song hearkens back to the Song sung by Hannah at her pregnancy with Samuel. As Samuel is given to God as a prophet, so Mary’s Son would be called Son of Man. ...

10. The Ark Does Some Damage

1 Samuel 5:1-12

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... to foreign gods, in particular Baal, the Canaanite god of the storm, and Dagon, the god of the Philistines. The Song of Deborah depicts the Lord as sovereign over the storm as he defeats the Canaanite armies (Judg. 5:4–5). The ... the end Samson brings Dagon’s temple to the ground (16:30). The polemic against both of these gods continues in 1 Samuel. As noted above, Hannah celebrates the Lord’s ability to give fertility (1 Sam. 2:1–10) in terms that echo the Baal myths. Now chapter 5 tells how ...

11. Ask Jacob!

Matthew 6:25-34, Genesis 25:19-34

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Lori Wagner

... and keep it “steady as she goes” even when “full speed ahead” is more like a slow snail slide. In the midst of any storm, that ship can ride the waves of Holy Spirit, even when rocked and tossed about, as long as those sailing can keep their ... Deuteronomy 16:13-15) Solomon Celebrates Sukkot with God’s Presence in the Tabernacle (1 Kings 8) Samson is Distracted by Delilah (Judges 16) Hannah’s Prayer of Joy (1 Samuel 2:1-11) David Dances in Joy Before the Lord While Uzzah Worries About the Ark (2 ...

12. Not Guessing

Mark 10:46-52

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Frank Ramirez

... a true nation thanks to the power of God. So what happens with Jesus? His disciples ask, puzzled, who is this who calms the storm? Herod thinks this must be John the Baptist who has come back from the dead. His own disciples argue about who will be the ... Jesus? None of us knows what Jesus will ask of us — but if Jesus asks, what will we answer? In the Old Testament, when Hannah prayed to God in the tabernacle for a child, she prayed so loudly that the prophet Samuel thought she was drunk. Bartimaeus cries ...

13. Praying With Tears in Your Eyes

Hebrews 1:1-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... time he found the right way. One time a mother and her three children were in a sailboat which was capsized in a storm. They clung to the boat, but after some hours, the mother said she could not hold on any longer. The oldest child said, " ... death concerns in our personal lives. These are times that call for tears in our prayers. It may be the case of barrenness. For years Hannah longed to be a mother, but year after year she was sterile. With her husband she went to Shiloh to pray. The account says, "She ...

14. Someone Is Calling In The Night

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

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King Duncan

... . GOD DOES SPEAK. Samuel was just a young boy when he went to live in the temple with the old priest Eli. Samuel's mother, Hannah, had dedicated her son to God's service. Samuel had all the energy and enthusiasm of a child. Eli was old and his eyesight had ... lesson she would never forget. "By stopping to listen for God's voice," she says, "I was and am learning to be calmer in the storm." (3) Perhaps we have missed God's call because we've been too busy being in control of our lives. God speaks. Some of us ...

15. A Cantankerous Prophet

Jonah 3:1-10

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King Duncan

... baby, that I could bring to term, if it were a boy I would name him Samuel and would dedicate him to God, just like Hannah did back in the Old Testament.” Sam couldn’t believe what he was hearing. “Why didn’t you ever tell me?” he asked. “You ... me up and throw me into the sea,” Jonah replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come.” To their credit, these men did not want to throw Jonah overboard. They did their best to row back to land. But they ...

16. The Ten Commandments #2: No Idols!

Exodus 20:1-21

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David E. Leininger

... making does not sound all that foolish anymore...not even in the twentieth century. You may be familiar with Woody Allen's critically acclaimed film, "Hannah and Her Sisters."(2) Near the end of the movie, Woody was asked by one of the sisters why he had been so out of ... . Think of the idol-maker's little children. When times were rough and the crops needed help or the enemy was about to storm the gates, the youngsters saw Daddy go in and talk to that statue. Hmm! To the immature young mind, there would be no ...

17. With A Name Like That . . .

Acts 4:1-22

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King Duncan

... their meaning. There seated in her lap, her grandmother found Ann's name. Her grandmother told her that it came from the Hebrew name Hannah, which means, "God has favored me." Ann says, imagine telling a 6-year-old she is favored by God? She says like a bear ... to see if it really would be pacified by the name George Bush. However," Duncan continues, "there is a name by which the angry storms of life are stilled. There is a name by which bodies have been healed and spirits brought back to life. There is a name ...

18. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Hebrews 11:1-40, Philippians 2:12-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... think and grow. It has been a safe place. It is true that some of you came here to find a haven from the storms of your life. Some came from parched deserts, and have found refreshing, new-birthing water. Others were broken and wounded and came as ... by my parents for longer than I could remember). KIM – not Maxie’s daughter, not John’s wife not Nathan’s or Maggie’s or Hannah’s mother, but Kim. It was as though a bright cloud had descended on me and I heard God’s voice saying, “This is my ...

19. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Philippians 3:12-4:1

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Maxie Dunnam

20. Reassessing Our Laughter (Series: Questioning Our Values)

Luke 6:17-26

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J. Howard Olds

... and assist in our grief. People who never cry have hearts that are turned into concrete. Jacob wept, Joseph wept, David wept, Hannah wept, and Mary wept. The shortest verse in the Bible says, “Jesus wept.” The prophet Jeremiah said, “If my head were ... holding up the arms of Moses when he grows weary leading the Children of Israel in battle. God sends people to comfort us in the storms of life. A child dropped this note in the offering plate a few months ago. “Dear God, I will gladly give one day of my ...

21. By Belonging

1 Peter 2:2-10

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J. Howard Olds

... of God that we teach them. Deuteronomy 32:4 says, “God is the rock, his works are perfect and all his ways are just." When Hannah prayed for a child in I Samuel she said, “There is no rock like our God." The psalmist in Psalm 28 said, “To you I ... certain. When you touch the bottom, the bottom is sound. Jesus is a Rock in a weary land, a Shelter in the time of storm. Then Peter gets even more specific. Not any old rock will do. Christ is the Chief Cornerstone in this text. Using this building analogy ...

22. The Song of Moses and Miriam

Exodus 15:1-21

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James K. Bruckner

... includes the background of the Babylonian creation myth that reflected the struggle to control creational disasters (storms, floods) and historical armies that could suddenly destroy life. The god of Babylon, Marduk, destroyed the ... distinction in Scripture, joined by Deborah (Judg. 4:4), Huldah (2 Kgs. 22:14), and Noadiah (Neh. 6:4). Rabbinic tradition also names Hannah, Abigail, and Esther as prophetesses for a round seven (Sarna, “Exodus,” p. 412). Miriam’s song is the refrain with which Moses’ ...

23. Be Careful What You Ask For

1 Samuel 10:9-27

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... failed to recognize his role as the Lord’s deliverer and never rose to the level of an effective leader, barren Hannah gives birth to a son through whom the Lord restores effective leadership to Israel. Samson only began the deliverance of Israel ( ... to a powerful black woman, who tossed him crusts under the table. Later, Newton feared for his life during a terrible storm. Surrounded by “black, unfathomable despair,” he sought enduring mercy and found it. “My prayer for mercy,” he wrote, “was like ...

24. Eliphaz

Job 4:1-5:27

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Daniel J. Estes

... except their present overwhelming pain need to regain a vision that thingscan get better, that a new day can replace the storms that have overwhelmed their lives. Eliphaz leaves little room for Job to hope; instead he adds to the feeling of ... 29 and Psalm 104. The emphasis in Eliphaz’s song on God’s intervention on the side of the needy is echoed in the Song of Hannah (1 Sam. 2:1–10), the Magnificat of Mary (Luke 1:46–55), and Jesus’s beatitudes in Matthew 5:3–12. Eliphaz’s statement ...

25. “The King Rejoices in Your Strength, Lord”

Psalm 21:1-13

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C. Hassell Bullock

... word “appear” (noun paneka; lit., “your face”) bears the same meaning (“your anger”) as it does in the story of Hannah.[9] blazing furnace. The Lord’s victory against the king’s enemies is described as “a blazing furnace.” The Hebrew word ... on in endless song, above earth’s lamentation. I hear the clear, though far-off hymn that hails a new creation. Refrain: No storm can shake my inmost calm while to that Rock I’m clinging. Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth, how can I keep ...

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1. Barren No More

1 Sam 1:1-20–2:11

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

2. Repentance and Victory

1 Samuel 7:2-17

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

3. The Lord Is My Rock

2 Samuel 22:1-51

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

4. Here Is Where It Happens

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

5. Blood Vengeance in Gibeah

2 Samuel 21:1-14

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

6. David's Mighty Men

2 Samuel 23:8-39

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... royal splendor to bring deliverance and victory to his king by destroying his enemies (1 Sam. 2:10; 2 Sam. 22:4–20). Hannah, viewing her experience as typical of God’s intervention for his people, looked forward to what the Lord would do for Israel through ... from the fourteenth century BC.2 The Hittites suffered from a plague for several years. When the Hittite king inquires of the storm-god, he is told that his father has violated a peace treaty with the Egyptians. The Hittite king laments that the sins ...

7. Endurance

2 Corinthians 11:24-27, 2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

8. David's Song of Praise

2 Samuel 22:1-51

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

9. Song of Promise

Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner