Well, we’re done with our mini-series on the life of David and we’re beginning a series where we’ll be looking at what God’s vision for the church is and seeing how we can better measure up. We’ll be going through Ephesians as we do this. Actually this Sunday we start a year-long emphasis on LIFE! [...]
Background: We’ve been looking at David’s life – studied chapter 6 & 7 of 2 Samuel – David bringing the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem and the celebration accompanying that, but also the awesome power of God. Then we looked at David’s good idea (a temple) and then at the God idea (God building [...]
Text: 2 Samuel 7 (the whole chapter) Main themes: God in control, God’s plans better than ours, Prayer Well, as we continue with the story of David, we find that we move from the idea of “ark” to the idea of “temple.” This story is a fascinating one with powerful implications on many levels. I [...]
This is the first of what I hope to be a habitual Monday afternoon post on the passage of Scripture or topic on which I will be speaking the coming Sunday. This is NOT intended to be a sneak preview of the sermon NOR is it intended to be a substitute for it. Rather it [...]
