Welcome to the Reformed Bible Study. The Psalms are Israel's hymnal — one hundred fifty poems that range from the midnight of David's cave to the bright certainty of a coming King, and that have served, as Luther put it, as a Bible in miniature for every generation that has prayed through them. In this lesson we survey the book's structure, its poetry, its authors, and the remarkable thread that runs from David's own anointing and suffering all the way to the greater David who cried from the cross with David's words on his lips.

Welcome to the Reformed Bible Study. King Saul is one of the Bible's most sobering figures — a man who had every advantage. He was king and won an early victory. He also prophesied among the prophets. Yet he disobeyed God, pursued David relentlessly, and ended his days consulting a witch in secret. Saul's story is not ultimately about himself, but about a covenant God who, through Saul's spectacular failures, was preparing a better king.

Welcome to the Reformed Bible Study. This lesson turns to Samuel the prophet — the hinge figure who closed the era of the judges and opened the age of the monarchy, and who uniquely among Old Testament figures exercised the three offices of prophet, priest, and king-maker. From Hannah's song anticipating a coming king to Samuel's anointing of David in Bethlehem, every scene points beyond itself to the one Anointed who holds those offices perfectly and permanently.