When God Gets Angry I. It’s the END of ISRAEL. (v. 1-6)A. The STRUGGLE for POWER. (v.1-4) B. A HARSH and PAINFUL end. (v.5-6) C. It TOOK place BECAUSE…(v.7) We’ve
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The Problem with Kings – Pt. 10 | 2 Kings 5:1-27
The Gift of Neediness I. The Story CONTINUES…(1 Kings 13-2 Kings 5)A. A DIVIDED KINGDOM. (I Kings 12:16)B. A DECLINE in FAITHFULNESS. (1 Kings 13-2 Kings 5)C. The RISE of
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The Idols of Power and Control I. An OPPORTUNITY for a new BEGINNING. (I Kings 11:42-12:5)A. Appearance of UNITY…reality of DIVISION. (12:4)B. COERCIVE power or SERVANT leadership? (12:6-18) We saw
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 8 | 1 Kings 8:22-54
Dedicating the Temple – Then and Now I. APPROACHING the text ANALYTICALLY. (8:1-66)A. A STRUCTURE that highlights a PRAYER. (v.1-66)B. The EXEGETICAL difficulty of PREACHING a prayer. There’s a strategy
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 7 | II Samuel 13-23, I Kings 1-2
Right with God? A Lot Has HAPPENED RAPE, REVENGE, and REBELLION (II Samuel 13-18) Even more REBELLION (II Samuel 20) The END of an ERA A Reminder of WHAT is
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I. The ACTUAL story highlights a CONTRAST. (11:1-27)A. The CORRUPTION of the POWERFUL. (v.2-25)B. The INTEGRITY of the WEAK. (v.9-13) This is one of the most tragic personal stories in
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The Plans to Build a House I. The KING has a good IDEA. (v.1-4)A. I will BUILD a HOUSE for God. (v.1-2)B. Nathan AGREES…but too QUICKLY. (v.3-4)C. When GOOD ideas
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 4 | 2 Samuel 6:1-23
“God struck him down…” I. David ESTABLISHES the KINGDOM. (2 Sam. 5-6)A. A KING, a CAPITAL, and big VICTORY. (2 Sam 5)B. BRINGING the ark (God) HOME. (v. 1-2)C. WHERE
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 3 | 1 Samuel 24:1-22
The Right Thing To Do With Our Rights I. A MOMENT made for HOLLYWOOD. (v.1-22)A. A REVERSAL of POWER. (v.1-4)B. A DECISION that DISAPPOINTS. (v.5-15)C. REPENTANCE that doesn’t LAST. (v.16-22;
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 2 | 1 Samuel 18:1-30
All those Emotions… I. RELATIONSHIPS always involve EMOTIONS. (v.1-30)A. SAUL is JEALOUS of David. (v.5, 8-30)B. But SAUL’S kids LOVE David. (v.1-4, 20, 28) Preaching 1 Samuel 18 is like
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Forgetting the True Reality I. RECONNECTING the NARRATIVE. (v.1-15)1. The Jews OPPRESSED by the PHILISTINES. (v.3, 19-22)2. A KING for the first TIME. (1 Sam. 8:5; v.1)3. An event that
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