The Sound of Silence

Redeemer Church of Waterford

The running theme of 1 Samuel 28 is the silence of God.

Saul is distressed to the point of a mental breakdown. The Lord is not responding to his inquiry about a coming battle with the Philistines. He has used every legitimate means in an attempt to get God's attention to no avail, so he turns to a woman who practices divination to conjure the prophet Samuel from the dead.