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Spiritualizing Disobedience: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 15)

We’ve all heard the illustration about the little boy who kept standing at the dinner table and his father demanded that he sit. He sat but he said, “I may be sitting on the outside but I’m

Your Eulogy: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 14:47-52)

In Mark Twain’s novel, Tom Sawyer, Tom realizes at one point that everyone thinks he is dead so he stays hidden and attends his own funeral. We’ve all probably wondered what people would say

Power Plays: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 14:24-46)

President Trump was advised that with the democratic party majority in the House of Representatives his last great chance to get his wall was to veto the budget for 2019 and shut down the government as

Not Afraid of the Dark: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 14:1-23)

Are you afraid of the dark? It’s hard not to be sometimes, isn’t it? We can’t see potential enemies and we just know that they are lurking, taking advantage of the dark to get the drop

Wait, I Say, On the Lord: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 13)

I can’t help but wonder what would have happened had President George W. Bush waited to attack Iraq until there was solid intel that they had or didn’t have weapons of mass destruction. The

Soft Speak, Big Stick: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 12)

In a speech made by Teddy Roosevelt at the Minnesota state fair in 1901, then vice-president Roosevelt said, “Right here let me make as vigorous a plea as I know how in favor of saying nothing that

Leadership Tests: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 11)

Leaders, no matter what level of leadership they hold, will always be tested. Parents will be tested by the behaviors of their children. Business leaders will be tested by problems in the market or personnel

What Makes a Leader: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 10)

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Neo, our hero from The Matrix, turned out to be a humble and heroic leader of the humans in their attempt to take back their world from the robots. He never abused his power, never got the big head. Truly

Are You the ONE: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 9)

Neo was the one. Sorry, for those of you who are not aware of the movie trilogy Matrix, robots have taken over the world and are using humans as batteries to power their robotic selves. The humans are

Inviting Despotism: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 8:10-22)

The greatest fear the leaders of the newly successful American revolution was that their country would be susceptible to a kingship of its own. They took great pains to establish a government with a relatively

Need versus Want: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 8:1-9)

My grandkids have learned a pretty neat trick. When they want something they tell me they need it. What self-respecting grandparent is going to deny a grandchild something they need? What do we really

Ebenezer: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 7:3-17)

There is a food product I have had only once or twice called Hamburger Helper. The idea is that hamburger by itself is not a sufficiently delectable dish. It needs a helper, and that is the flavoring and

Spiritual Hot Potatos: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 5:1-7:2)

Do you remember playing the game of hot potato? The object designated the hot potato was to be passed from person to person as if so hot you could only hold it for a split second and toss it to someone

Ichabod: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 4:12-22)

It is strange, is it not, that when we depart from true knowledge of God and yet expect Him to be on our side, we experience a great shock and likely disappointment with God. It should move us to question

Good Luck Charms: Daily Thoughts from 1 Samuel (1 Samuel 4:1-11)

As a baseball fan I am tantalized by the superstitions many players have about how to insure victory or a continuation of good playing. If they were wearing certain socks when they got a homerun, they

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