Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-631) and index.

Samuel : the leader God provided (1 Samuel 1-7) -- The leadership crisis (1 Samuel 1:1-2) -- Does God care? (1 Samuel 1:3-28) -- The God of knowledge (1 Samuel 2:1-10) -- Corruption and ineptitude (1 Samuel 2:11-26) -- God and corruption (1 Samuel 2:27-36) -- When God speaks (1 Samuel 3) -- The problem of the power of God (1 Samuel 4:1-11) -- Where is the glory? (1 Samuel 4:12-22) -- The problem of the power of God (1 samuel 5) -- Knowing the power of God (1 Samuel 6) -- Effective leadership (1 Samuel 7) -- Saul : the leader the people asked for (1 Samuel 8-15) -- The leader Israel wanted (1 Samuel 8) -- Lost donkeys and the Word of God (1 Samuel 9) -- The secret of the kingdom (1 Samuel 10:1-16) -- The king and the kingdom (1 Samuel 10:17-27) -- The kingdom at war (1 Samuel 11:1-11) -- Kingdom renewal (1 Samuel 11:12-15) -- Kingdom renewal (1 Samuel 12) -- The fool (1 Samuel 13) -- A leader who trusted God (1 Samuel 14:1-23) -- Disobedience and foolishness (1 Samuel 14:24-52) -- The leader who let them down (1 Samuel 15:1-11) -- The rejected king (1 Samuel 15:12-35) -- David : the leader according to God's own heart (1 Samuel 16-31) -- See as God sees (1 Samuel 16:1-13) -- Two kings : a confusing world (1 Samuel 16:14-23) -- The enemy (1 Samuel 17:1-11) -- The God of the unexpected (1 Samuel 17:12-30) -- The gospel of David (1 Samuel 17:31-40) -- David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17:41-58) -- Do you love Him? (1 Samuel 18:1-16) -- Love him or fear Him (1 Samuel 18:17-30) -- Against the Lord and his anointed (1 Samuel 19:1-10) -- The Lord holds them in derision (1 Samuel 19:11-24) -- What do you fear? (1 Samuel 20:1-23) -- If anyone does not hate his own father(1 Samuel 20:24-42) -- Have you not read what David did? (1 Samuel 21:1-9) -- Out of the frying pan (1 Samuel 21:10-15) -- God chose what was low and despised in the world (1 Samuel 22:1-5) -- The antichrist (1 Samuel 22:6-23) -- The Christ must suffer (1 Samuel 23:1-14) -- Therefore we do not lose heart (1 Samuel 23:15-29) -- He did not revile in return (1 Samuel 24) -- Vengeance belongs to the Lord (1 Samuel 25) -- Righteousness and faithfulness (1 Samuel 26) -- Clever and cunning success (1 Samuel 27) -- Having no hope and without God (1 Samuel 28) -- The trial of David (1 Samuel 29) -- A king who gives! (1 Samuel 30) -- The king is dead (1 Samuel 31).