Today on Sound Doctrine - Pastor Jeff Johnson will show us what God considers a true friend to be. Pastor Jeff is about to continue his verse by verse study in the book of First Samuel and we’ll consider the value of godly friends. If asked to name one of the all time great friendships in the Bible, what names come to mind? I’d venture to say many of us would say Jonathan and David.

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Today, Pastor Jeff takes us to first Samuel seventeen. The entire Hebrew army was frozen in fear - of one Philistine Giant. Here we find a young man who would not even be old enough to join the military, yet he stepped out to fight the most feared man in the Philistine army.

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. There are a lot of great stories in the Bible that we tell our kids. There is one however that I think young boys love more than almost any other. The story of David and Goliath. Here’s a little teenaged kid named David who went to the battle front, choosing only to carry his favorite sling shot and some rocks. The result - he defeated a giant of a man trained for war.

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Fear is easily transferable. It is amazing how fear and mass hysteria spreads through a crowd and can even affect the bravest of men. Well as we look into First Samuel seventeen, we find a King and his entire army trapped in fear because of a man so large you would have to stand on a ladder just to touch his head. But there was one young man who did not fear this giant, because of his trust in his God. Here is the story of young Kind David and his confrontation with Goliath.

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There was a man whose height was somewhere between nine and a half to eleven feet tall, and his coat of armor alone weighed as much as a man. His name was Goliath, and he dared defy the army of God. Let’s join pastor Jeff as he begins a look at this familiar story, from First Samuel Chapter seventeen.

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We will hear of two kinds of hearts. There’s king Saul - his heart was for himself. Then there was David - who had a heart for the Lord. Saul learned too late that to obey is better than to sacrifice.

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Today we begin a study in the second half of First Samuel sixteen. This is a really interesting time in Israel’s history. Saul was the King, and he was a very troubled man. He was being troubled by an evil spirit. He was also a fan of good music, so he sent his servants off to find a musician to soothe his troubled soul. Who did they bring back? David - the man anointed by God to take Saul’s place.

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Today we’ll return to a story probably familiar to most of you. When God was looking for the second king of Israel, He chose a sixteen year old shepherd boy Most folks thought this was a poor choice, but God saw a young man who was after His own heart.

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Today on Sound Doctrine, Pastor Jeff Johnson will show us how to do that and maintain our sanity in the Christian life, even during those periods when it’s easy to become frustrated. We are traveling through First Samuel at the present time, and today we’ll be looking at chapter sixteen. It’s here that the Lord anoints David to be King over Israel.

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We are currently focusing out attention on the Old Testament book of First Samuel. When you think of this book, you probably think first of the encounter David had with Goliath, in chapter seventeen. We’ll be getting to that famous bout next week, but for today, we will be wrapping up our look at chapter fifteen, and the sad story of a man named Saul. King Saul had everything a man could want. He was handsome. He was powerful. He was wealthy. But he had one major flaw.

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