Ending Well
It's not enough to begin the Christian life well; we must also
end it well. But what does that mean? This sermon covers ten issues from the life of David that enabled God's evaluation to be, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
Life of David
A Course in Practical Christianity, By King David
From shepherd boy to warrior king, David's life story is the story of sin, grace, and spiritual power at work in every area of life: Battles with giants. Leadership. Betrayal. Bad authorities. Sexual sin. Repentance. Spiritual warfare. Friendship and conflict. Rebellious kids. Politics. Relationships between men and women. Falling and redemption.
David's saga teaches us about just war, voting ethics, victim's rights, re-training your conscience, using imprecatory Psalms, how the demonic affects Christians, and how and when to practice civil disobedience. While Saul models how to be the impressive Christian-on-your-own-terms that God rejects, David shows us to live life — all of it — as a very-human man after God's own heart.
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Stewardship: From French Fries to Everything
This sermon on stewardship looks into the heart of a
transformed Christian through fifteen windows. It is a motivating call to be joyful stewards.
From Tent to Temple
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The Military and the Trajectory of History
This last sermon on the military within the life of David ties
in the theme of the military with the trajectory of eschatology in
history.
Administration and Other Issues
Really? A sermon on administration for Sunday morning? Yes.
This sermon shows that there are many fascinating issues buried in the
text of 1 Chronicles 23-27 that are relevant to everyday issues.
The Aftermath of the Conspiracy
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God as Conspiracy Buster
Too frequently Christians become discouraged and even paralyzed
when they see the extent to which humanists have taken over our country.
This sermon is not only a realistic appraisal of the political dangers
we face but also an encouragement to have faith and hope. It encourages
us to approach conspiracies with the paradigm found in Psalm 2.
Camouflaged Sin
When both outward sins and inward root issues can be
camouflaged and hidden, it makes it difficult to deal with sin in our
children's lives. This sermon applies the issue of camouflaged sin to
both personal sanctification and the discipleship of our children
Compromise in Medical Ethics
Many people are perplexed at the casualness with which David
embraced the unethical medical solution presented by his advisors in
this passage. But this sermon demonstrates ways in which modern
Christians are not that much different in how they handle modern ethical
decisions in medicine
Building a Family Legacy
This chapter gives twelve principles that can be of help to
families as they seek to pass on a multi-generational legacy.
Politics Transformed by the Gospel
This passage shows how all of life (including politics) should be viewed through the lens of the Gospel and how the Gospel should impact everything that we do.
Providential Judgments
How are Christians to react to plagues and other national disasters? This sermon gives concrete guidance.
National Census: Good or Evil?
Much controversy surrounds the American Community Survey. This sermon gives a detailed analysis of what the Bible teaches on the subject of a census and demonstrates that the ACS is both unbiblical and unconstitutional. But more than that, this sermon shows why God treated even David’s more minimal census as a great evil that needed to be resisted. This passage adds to our general understanding of Biblical civics as calling for very limited government.
Characteristics of Leaders Worth Following
Though God does not expect everyone to be a hero warrior like David and his 36 leaders, there are principles of followership and leadership that can be learned from these amazing men.
David's Advice for Election Day
The Bible gives minimum requirements for imperfect rulers. This is contrasted with the minimum requirements that most Christians have. This sermon serves as a shocking paradigm for the 21rst Century.
The Gospel According to Jesus
Phillip Kayser - Life of David
Heroes and Giants
This sermon is a call for men to rise up and take on the giants of our day.
Key words: enemy, persevere, culture wars, pacifism, weakness, prayerlessness, carnality, intimidating, giants,
Burial
How does God want us to treat the bodies of those who are deceased? Is cremation ever an option? What about donating bodies to science? This sermon gives the historic understanding of burial and cremation and in the process addresses some other practical issues, such as how to relate to a relative who is either convicted as a criminal or is under church discipline.
Broken Treaties
This passage has a great deal to say about being promise keepers - on both the individual and the national level. The issues surrounding the broken treaty with the Gibeonites have many parallels with the issues surrounding America’s broken treaties with American Indian tribes.
Limited Civil Government
t is hard for us to fathom getting our nation back to the kind of limited government that it enjoyed for most of its first century, but this sermon seeks to show that it is not only possible but is also morally imperative. While examining the cabinet of David, the departments implied in that list, and comparing David’s executive branch with the agencies, boards, committees, and commissions under our current administration’s executive branch, this sermon seeks to give a Biblical philosophy of civics. In advocating the Regulative Principle of Government, this sermon stands on the shoulders of Augustine, the Puritans, the Scottish Reformers, Patrick Henry, and many others.