Pastor Dustin introduces our new study in the historical book of 1 Samuel, which takes us from the end of the period of the judges to Israel’s first kings, Saul and David. In Chapter 1, barren Hannah pleads for a son at the tabernacle in Shiloh. “So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son,…
After three months on the island of Malta, Paul and the rest of his shipwrecked company set sail again for Italy, landing in Puteoli (Pozzuoli today, near Naples) and then traveling by land north to Rome. As was his custom, Paul preached first to the Jews in Rome, “…persuading them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning till…
Paul, with other prisoners, now sets sail under guard for Rome. Encountering stormy weather, the ship’s captain disregards Paul’s counsel to overwinter on Crete, a decision that leads eventually to shipwreck and the loss of all their valuable cargo. Fearing death, Paul exhorts them, “Men, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and incurred this disaster and…