Living Among Enemies

1 Samuel 27:1-12

Last week, John Farmer showed us a map of the places that Saul and his army chased David to kill him. Here it is for review:

The King Who Cried Repentence

I Samuel 26:1-25

Good morning!  Today we’re going to continue our series on David: Walking Through and Stepping Up.  The focus is David’s journey from a shepherd boy to become the Lord’s anointed king of Israel.  David went through a long journey which was both spiritually and physically arduous.  Before we go into today’s passage, let’s look at a map to get a sense of what has been happening to David. 

One Wise Among Fools

I Samuel 25

Welcome, and happy Mothers’ Day! Perhaps in a stereotypical fashion, I looked around the Internet a bit for some good Christian quotes about mothers. John Hopler, the director of Great Commission Churches, our “parent” organization, also sent some verses out to pastors this week. What surprised me was that I wasn’t very impressed by many of them. There was one by C.S. Lewis that wasn’t bad, but it was what I might call “too strong,” to modern ears, putting down those who aren’t mothers. There were a few by Billy Sunday that were pretty good, but that was about it. So I then widened my search to articles and sermons, and there, on the Desiring God website (the ministry of John Piper), in an article by guest contributor Rachel Jankovic, was the following absolute gem:

Mercy Leading to Repentance?

I Samuel 24:1-22

Welcome! Today we continue our series on David from the book of I Samuel. For a time, David was the hero of the land, leading victory after victory for his king, Saul. But Saul grew jealous of David and began to plot ways to kill him. After plotting turned to outright attempts, David fled, and over the past few weeks we have seen what David’s life has looked like on the run.