RoboPreacher

& you failed A sermon on Samuel's subpar supervisor Eli is a priest in  over his head if ever there was one… Today God calls Eli’s charge , Samuel . Samuel, the boy . Samuel, the prophet-in- training . When God first calls Samuel, though, Samuel isn’t sure what’s happening. As a novice in all this God-business, he thinks it’s his supervisor calling. An innocent mistake for a trainee . Eli, however , should know better. After all, discerning the voice of God is the stuff his career is made of! When Samuel goes to Eli, though , it takes Eli not once , not twice , but three times to figure out what’s going on! And sadly, that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Eli’s blunders .   There was the time Samuel’s mom, Hannah, was in the temple thanking God for giving her a child after she and her husband had been unable to conceive. When Eli saw Hannah praying, though , he thought she was drunk! Eli couldn’t tell the difference between a grateful parishioner an...

aint nothing truer than death A sermon on the God who kills to make alive from 1 Samuel 3:1-21 Eli is a priest in over his head, if ever there was one… Today God calls Eli’s charge , Samuel . Samuel, the boy . Samuel, the prophet in training . God calls Samuel in the night. Samuel hears God calling, but isn’t sure what’s happening, so he figures it must be Eli calling. An innocent mistake for a trainee . But Eli, Eli should know better. After all, the calling of God is the stuff his career is made out of . When Samuel goes to Eli, though, it takes him not once , not twice , but three times before he figures out what’s going on! And sadly, that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Eli’s blunders .   There was the time when Samuel’s mom, Hannah, was in the temple thanking God for the giving her a child after her and her husband were unable to conceive on their own. When Eli saw Hannah praying, though, he thought she was drunk! Eli can’t tell ...