Our Calvary Men will be going through the books of 1st & 2nd Samuel highlighting the lives of men in those books and what we can learn from them—the good, the bad, and the ugly—about being a Godly man today.

Every 1st & 3rd Monday of the Month
6:46p - 8:30p
Dinner included

Eli was the high priest of Israel at Shiloh. He judged Israel for about 40 years. He wasn’t a villain—he knew God, served faithfully, and even mentored young Samuel. But his leadership collapsed at home. Here are his core failures and where we can learn from him:

1. Passive Fatherhood — His sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were corrupt priests (stole offerings meant for God, slept with women serving at the tabernacle.) Eli knew—and only gave soft verbal warnings. He confronted, but never corrected — he was too passive and it destroyed him and his family.
2. Fear of Man Over Fear of God — God’s verdict (through a prophet and later Samuel) was brutal: Eli “honored his sons above God.” He chose: family comfort, avoiding conflict, and maintaining peace over obeying God. If you won’t lead your family under God, your family will lead you away from Him.
3. Spiritual Authority Without Personal Discipline — Eli functioned as priest but lost moral authority at home. He wore the role—but didn’t enforce the standard. You can’t outsource spiritual leadership. Your title means nothing if your house is out of order.
4. Delayed Obedience = Disobedience — Eli didn’t act decisively when it mattered. By the time judgment came, it was irreversible: his sons died in battle, the Ark was captured, he fell backward and died when he heard the news. What you tolerate today becomes what destroys tomorrow.

Summary coming soon.

Table questions coming soon.

Summary coming soon.

Table questions coming soon.