1 Samuel Themes

As the good Tevye says in Fiddler on the Roof, traditions let us know who we are. It's because of our traditions (along with some other important stuff) that society functions and cultures thr...

Shmoop confession: we are extremely competitive. Sports, board games, walking past old people, you name it. We must win at everything. But hey, that's why we're awesome. We're number one.Deep down...

1 Samuel gives us a little taste of the horrors of war. In the first battle of the book, the Israelites lose, and the Ark of God is taken by the Philistines. The Philistines think that they've won...

Following the leader, the leader the leader. We're following the leader wherever he may go.Sounds fun enough, right? But here's the thing: blindly following a leader just because they're in charge...

Remember what your mother taught you: it's what's on the inside, not the outside that counts. Which is pretty much how the Bible sees people, too. We very rarely ever get to know what people look l...