SERMON SUMMARY David is a study in contrasts. He was a man after God’s own heart, but like us, he was capable of great sin. Adultery, murder, deception—the list goes on and on. But from this story about David and Bathsheba we also learn that God pursues us to forgive and restore (2 Samuel 11).…
SERMON SUMMARY In this message. we find David on the run as Saul seeks to end his life. From this period in David’s life, we learn about the importance trusting God when we find ourselves in a place, we didn’t choose. David had become a great military general. As a result of his military successes,…
SERMON SUMMARY In this message we discover the source of David’s courage in facing the Philistine giant named Goliath. David’s courage in the face of overwhelming odds challenges us to courageously defend God’s honor in a deteriorating culture. These are not fairy tales. They really happened—you can visit these places today. These Bible stories weren’t…
SERMON SUMMARY This is the first of a five-week series of messages on the life of King David. We are going to begin our examination of David’s life when he was just a young boy. In 1 Samuel 16:1, we see that God rejected Saul as King of Israel, and he instructed the prophet Samuel…
SERMON SUMMARY Today we wrap up our series, “Jesus Outside The Lines”. In week one, we looked at how a proper understanding of grace causes us to view the world around us not as morally inferior or unenlightened, but as people who, like us, are candidates for God’s grace. The next week we talked about…
SERMON SUMMARY We have been examining our relationships with people who are “different” from us in some way. Maybe they don’t go to church, or they are from a different ethnicity or political party, but somehow they are different. First we explored the truth that understanding grace as an absolutely free gift that cannot be…
SERMON SUMMARY Last week we laid the foundation for this series by talking about the perspective of grace. I offered two opposing views of grace: either a reward or a gift from God, and looked at how each of those views could shape our views on God, self, and neighbor. If grace is truly a…
SERMON SUMMARY Over the next four weeks, in our series entitled Jesus Outside The Lines, my prayer is that we all will be helped to view people God does. As we start, it’s critical that we have a clear understanding of the grace of God. Our view of grace determines much of how we view…
SERMON SUMMARY As we read through this chapter carefully, you will notice three themes that seem to repeat themselves in the various sections of Luke’s retelling of the resurrection story. The Resurrection is a worldview-shattering historical event. Many people today dismiss the resurrection out of hand. They say it didn’t happen because it couldn’t happen.…
SERMON SUMMARY Today’s message is the fourth in a series of messages entitled “Four Keys to Financial Freedom.” So far, we have discussed three keys: earn money honestly, give money generously, and spend money wisely. The final phase of achieving financial freedom involves having a surplus of money to invest. To have money to invest,…