Bible Studies This Week at Starbuck's Polo Parkway

Tuesday - Directionally Challenged
Friday - 1 Samuel - Lesson 16 - Review - Part 1
Reading for this week: REVIEW THE ENTIRE BOOK

1. What is the most exciting thing you have learned about God in your study of 1 Samuel?
2. What is the relationship between obedience and victory in 1 Samuel? Does this principle operate in the lives of Christians?
3. In 16:7, God says "Man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart." How are we guilty of judging others based on their external appearance?
4. Which of the minor characters in 1 Samuel seems most significant to you as a positive or negative example?
5. What has your study of 1 Samuel taught you about studying large portions of Scripture versus concentrating on short passages or familiar verses?
6. What aspect of God's character most challenged you in your study of 1 Samuel? What there anything about the portrayal of the Lord that troubled you?

Save the Date - Friday December 7th - All Hands Meeting

Guys, just a note that we are going to conclude our 1 Samuel and Directionally Challenged studies with another Men's All Hands Breakfast at Bob Evans. Put it on your calendar - a 6:30am start on Friday December 7th. Hope you can make it.

Bible Studies this Week - November 04, 2007

Tuesday - Directionally Challenged

Friday - 1 Samuel - Lesson 15 - Victory and Death

Bible Reading for this week: 1 Samuel 30:1 - 31:13

1. David is brought to the brink of despair when the Amalekites captured Ziklag - have you ever had a personal experience that brought you to the brink of despair? How did you respond?
2. How was David able to keep going and overcome this crisis?
3. What contrasts do these final two chapters of 1 Samuel present? What do you think God and the author of 1Samuel intend to emphasize with these contracts?
4. What were the consequences of Saul's reign for Israel?
5. Don't forget to bring your verse of the week to share?