David, Part 6: Civil War (2 Samuel 1-4)

Did you know that after Saul's death, David didn't immediately become king? It's a story that's rarely told, but there was a civil war in Israel over who would be the next king. But David wanted to bring unity to the nation as peacefully as possible.

Are you in the middle of conflict at work, in your family, or in other relationships? How can we be an agent for unity in this polarizing world that we live in? We can learn from the example of David...

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David, Part 5: David, Saul, and the Philistines (1 Samuel 27-31)

We live in a superficial society, but the gospel is anything but superficial. It is able to penetrate every part of our lives as Jesus makes all things new in us. But we often put off God our compartmentalize our spiritual lives away from... "real life." We see in Scripture that we aren't the first to do that. At the end of 1 Samuel, we can see in the lives of both David and Saul the dangers of living a superficial spiritual life.

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Thanks, Bobby Jean

Sunday we honored long-time member Bobby Jean Wilkie for her many decades of service to our church and the kingdom of God.  We were blessed to have many in her family in attendance.  Here is the video we put together for the occasion:

David and Jonathan

If we are really honest with ourselves, friendship is hard.  The Bible tells us to "Love your neighbor as yourself," but so often we want for ourselves what others have.  And we see the success of others as something that we need to degrade or that degrades us.  How can we follow the biblical example to "rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn"?  God provides a shining example for what it means to be a friend in Jonathan, son of the king who would become David's mortal enemy.  Jonathan shows us that friendship is a gift of God and how we can be the friend that God has called us to be.

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