Outline 1: Israel Asks for a King--This outline helps us see the consequences of choosing to follow our own plans and desires-Are we willing to face the consequences of resisting God's will in order that we can be like everyone else around us? (1 Samuel 8:1-22)
Outline 2: God's 20/20--This outline allows us to discover a new way of looking at ourselves and others-through God's eyes. This message explains how we look on the outside, but God looks at the heart. (1 Samuel 16:1-13)
Outline 3: David and Goliath--This outline reveals that God often chooses to use those who are small, young, insignificant, or overlooked to be the instruments of His mighty works. (1 Samuel 17:1-50)
Outline 4: Look Who I Found--This outline encourages us to learn what it means to love our enemies. It teaches us to respond to hate, hurt, conflict and rejection with mercy and forgiveness. (1 Samuel 24:1-22)
Brent Peterson, PhD, is dean of the College of Theology and Christian Ministries and professor of theology at Northwest Nazarene University. He also serves as the pastor of liturgical formation at College Church in Nampa, Idaho. He is the author of Created to Worship, and The Church, both available from The Foundry Publishing, and he co-authored Postmodern and Wesleyan? and more recently The Back Side of the Cross. Brent is married to Anne, and together they have three kids, Noah, Alexis, and Sydney.
