Our sermon is entitled Absalom the Antithesis: Stealing Power and Chasing Glory. It is taken from 2 Samuel 15:1-12. We will examine Absalom’s wicked scheme to revolt against his father, King David, in a bid to take the throne before it is his to take. Absalom is a man of vanity and ego, and it will cause all manner of trouble to the house of…

We continue in the latter years of David’s life in 2nd Samuel 14. We will cover the whole chapter. We find an elaborate plan by David’s chief of the military, Joab, to bring Absalom home to Jerusalem after his banishment to Geshur. The plan doesn’t give the desired results, and we get some insight into this man Absalom, who will be in…

Our sermon launches from 2 Samuel 13:23-39. Here, we discover the increase of misery during the blackest days so far in David’s house. Absalom murders Amnon in revenge for the rape of Tamar and the household just keeps getting worse and worse. We will investigate how God punishes under the old covenant, but in Spiritual Israel, the church, He disciplines in a…

Our message is entitled Amnon: A Monster in David’s House. We have come to 2 Samuel 13:1-22 in our trek through the book of Samuel. Amnon and Tamar are the focus of a tragic story of domestic violence and incest, but the frightful heart motives found in Amnon are surprisingly common even among people professing Jesus as their Lord. Let us come soberly to the…

Our sermon is entitled “Grace to Sinners” and takes us to 2 Samuel 12:26-31 andPsalm 51. Here we wrap up the season of the Ammonite wars, where David proved to be the chief of sinners and the recipient of restorative grace. We will speak about the end of the tale, look at the whole of Psalm 51, and then launch to the…

Our sermon is entitled God of Restoration and is taken from 2 Samuel 12:15b-23. Here we find a David we have truly missed for a while, and the theme, though a repeated theme, is encouraging. God is in the business of making all things new. He is a God of restoration. It might take a while, it may hurt for a long…

Our sermon this week is entitled You Are The Man! and is taken from 2 Samuel 12:1-15. Here we continue to look at the fall of David, and finally we come to his exposure. Many months have passed since David murdered Uriah, the child conceived by the adulterous union is born, and Nathan the prophet is sent by God to do one…

This week we will read the entirety of 2 Samuel 11. Our lesson will focus on compounding of sin and the public nature of sexual immorality. It is never a private matter, it is a social issue. No one can say “Its just my business, no one else’s.” The sermon outline is: Intro and Comments on Last Week David’s Bad Moves a.…

Our sermon is entitled David’s Passionate Fall, and it is a sobering one. We will be in 2 Samuel 11:1-5.  We will look frankly at the topic of lust and adultery. King David’s fall into a great and heart-breaking sin is almost unbelievable, and David seems like a whole different person in this chapter. We tread more slowly through this chapter because…

Our sermon this week is taken from 2 Samuel 9. We will learn of The Kindness of the King. Since the Old Testament is ultimately about Jesus, we often talk of Christ in the Old Testament shadows. Today’s lesson is, essentially, a Christ-centered gospel proclamation. 2 Samuel 9 is about King David and the lame Mephibosheth. It is also about King Jesus…