This Lord’s Day sermon is entitled Kingdom Victories and we’ll cover the whole of 2 Samuel 8. This chapter ends a major division in the book of Samuel. We will have a bit of a new thematic flavor as we move into the coming chapters. Here we find a collection of battle reports and names of officials. It might be easy to skip over…

Our message is entitled, Redeemed, Preserved, and Privileged. We will cover 2 Samuel 7:18-29. Here we find David’s response to God’s gracious refusal. David had desired to honor God by building a house for the Ark of God, a very good desire indeed. But God has other plans, plans that knock David’s socks off, so to speak. His response is prayer and praise.…

In this message we look at 2 Samuel 7:1-17. This is typically considered the “Davidic Covenant” and is a very important passage in the history of God’s redemption of sinners. We will not go very deep into the theological-covenantal themes, but rather will remain in the immediate historical and application level of the text because there is plenty of good immediate application for…

We continue where we left off and study 2 Samuel 6:12-23. Here we discover that David’s second attempt to bring back the Ark of God to Jerusalem is successful, and there is much reason to rejoice. But not everyone is happy. Some are more concerned about outward appearances and keeping up their stuffy dignity. And David is married to her. Let us learn…

Our sermon this week will cover the first half of 2 Samuel 6,verses 1-11. We will come along with all Israel on a grand day of festivities and joy in Israel as the Ark of the Covenant is brought out from obscurity. David rightly seeks to put God in the center of national life. And we’ll find out the terrible consequences that…

We come now to a pair of battle vignettes and there is much to be learned. We will be in 2 Samuel 5:17-25. We’ll follow the Philistine response to the news of David’s kingship, and David’s response to news of the enemy’s action. It will show us the power and glory of God in rich imagery and we will marvel together how…

Its a five Sunday month. That means we take a planned break from our typical series and enjoy a topical sermon. Today’s sermon is entitled Getting the Most of Preaching (though I changed the post title for the blog). It features an introduction establishing the preeminence of preaching in the congregation, and then a practical set of tips for getting the most…

Our sermon for today is taken from 2 Samuel 5:1-5. Finally, after all of this time, David is crowned King of all Israel. We will examine four characteristics of David’s Kingdom as revealed in our text, and will then learn what sort of response is appropriate for such a king as David. Our public reading was John 10:1-18. 2 Samuel 5:1-5 5:1 Then…

Our sermon will cover a large portion of scripture, almost two entire chapters of Old Testament narrative. We do so because of the nature of the topic we will draw out from the narrative. Our sermon is entitled “The Terrible, Grievous, Off-putting Ugliness of Sin,” and that should give a hint about where our time will be invested. I am convinced that…

Our sermon is entitled There Was a Long War and is taken from 2 Samuel 3:1-5. In this message we will examine the frustration of living in a world where the Kingdom of God progresses at what seems to us to be a snail’s pace. All the while, evil seems so powerful and overwhelming. This passage also reminds us that as we…