Jeremiah 29:1-14 is addressed to people from Jerusalem who have already been deported to Babylon but before Jerusalem itself has been completely destroyed. These people want to escape. They want the exile to end and they want to get back home. Jeremiah wr

We live in a world of a million conflicting voices today. You can be constantly updated with tweets, texts, alerts and notifications. Which voice has authority? Which voice can be trusted? In Jeremiah 23:9-33, God addresses this issue of these different v

Today's leaders promise hope and change only to deliver corruption and scandal. We elect bright promising outsiders who go to Washington and immediately become insiders. They cease fighting for the ideals they promised in the campaign and start fighting t

With Absalom dead, Joab blows the trumpet to end the battle and the civil war is over. Except David is still in exile. Now we have a guilty nation and a vindicated king. The question that remains is how to restore the relationship. How do you approach you

2 Samuel 18 is the climatic battle for the throne. But instead of highlighting the ferocity of the battle, the spotlight focuses on David's anxiety over his son, and how the news of Absalom's death impacts him, especially when he learns that the price of

As we’ve studied the rebellion of Absalom, we’ve been asking what we can learn about responding when we sin, understanding the discipline of our heavenly father, and how to respond when suffering unjustly. With 2 Samuel 17 we focus on these questions

How should you respond when suffering unjustly? As David flees Jerusalem, he is used and abused by two members of Saul’s family. We can learn from his example how to bear unjust suffering. Series: The Rebellion of Absalom For more information: Wednesdayin

What do you do when you fail in a big way and your failure matters? Your mistake has big consequences for other people? How should you respond? That’s the situation David is facing in our story today. Series: The Rebellion of Absalom For more information:

The conflict between appearance and reality is the theme of this story. 1. The wisdom of a parable from the woman of Tekoa is not really wisdom. 2. The young, physically perfect king is not the right king. 3. The return from exile is not really restoratio

The tragic story of Absalom's rebellion to his father King David brings about the fulfillment of God’s judgment that "the sword will never leave his house (2 Samuel 12:10-12) ." The sins of David's sons repeat and magnify David’s sin. David's crime