The Pillars of the Earth

A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on November 18, 2012.                                                            1 Samuel 2:1-10; Hebrews 10:11-25 Washington is nervous. Have you noticed? The best analogy I...

Singing Hannah’s Gospel

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor, New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on November 18, 2012. 1 Samuel 2:1-10 2Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in my God. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in my...

A Woman Deeply Troubled

A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on November 18, 2012. The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 1 Samuel 1:4-20 When the curtain rises on the Book of 1 Samuel it rises on a man standing all alone at center stage.  His...

Hannah’s Prayer: An Example of Sincere Worship

Out of the vast throngs of the people of faith in our Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, Hannah, the mother of Samuel, stands out as a model for spiritual wishfulness. The ancient rabbis described her as the composer of the first prayer. The rabbis of the Talmud cited...

A Double Portion

Sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, pastor of Pulaski Heights Baptist Church in Little Rock, A.R., on November 15 2009.           1 Samuel 1:4-20; Hebrews 10:11-14                       I wonder what time of the day it was, when the old priest Eli spied Hannah praying in...