1 Samuel: An Overview
Looking for a Leader
Introduction
1) The need for a leader
context: Judges
beginning: Samuel
the crisis: Samuel’s sons
2) Request for a king
part of God’s plan -Deuteronomy 17
request is for the wrong reasons -1 Samuel 8:19-2
3) Saul: the king they asked for
1 Samuel 10:24
1 Samuel 12:13-15
4) Saul: The king who fails
1 Samuel 15:14
5) David: The king after God’s own heart
1 Samuel 13:14
1 Samuel 16:7
6) Saul and David: the pursuit of the king
1 Samuel 26:8-9
7) Saul: the king is dead
Conclusion
Download a copy of this in PDF here: 1 Samuel an overview Looking for a leader – talk outline