Sermons By Date - August 2010

When the king cries

08/29/2010

Every leader has critics and opponents.  Some even face traitors who try to overthrow them.  David’s pain and problem were even worse—the traitor was his own son.

Touching a father’s heart

08/22/2010

David was a king but also a father and he often struggled to fulfill his different roles.  His son Absalom committed fratricide and was exiled for his crime.  David had lost two of his sons—one to death and one to distance.  Grief weighed heavy on his heart.

And you think you have family problems?

08/15/2010

David had family problems.  Lots of wives.  Lots of children.  Lots of troubles.  It was another example of a starter sin that multiplied beyond initial imagination.

Royal Lust

08/08/2010

It wasn’t like David didn’t have women in his life.  He was the king with a harem of wives and concubines.  But lust is not about what someone has but what someone wants.  David wanted Bathsheba and he didn’t care who he hurt to get what he was after.  It started with a stare, turned into adultery, escalated to murder and hurt an entire nation.

Little disrespect; Big consequences

08/01/2010

It started with an act of kindness.  David wanted to be nice to the children of a man who had been nice to him.  But, the Ammonites didn’t trust kindness and responded with offensive disrespect.  When people are disrespected they often want to retaliate—whether it’s road rage on the interstate or war between nations.  Everything escalated.  Other nations were sucked into the conflict.  Before