by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 5/28/2017) Do you have giants in your life? David faced an ACTUAL giant! Goliath, the champion of the wicked Philistines, stood nearly 10 feet tall, and was the sworn enemy of Jehovah God. David, on the other hand, was a teenaged shepherd boy. The natural odds were against…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 5/21/2017) In the last podcast post, we had begun looking at the aftermath of David’s anointing as king. Rather than storm the castle, David humbly accepted God’s timing and was obedient in the meantime. And then he was called to come to the palace itself and play the…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 5/21/2017) When Samuel anointed the shepherd boy David, He was at that moment – in the mind and purpose of God – the King of Israel! But instead of marching down to Jerusalem and forcefully deposing Saul, David humbly took up the shepherd’s staff and went back to…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 5/14/2017) Yesterday, we began to see the contrast between the choice of Saul and the choice of Dave, and their respective reigns. Saul was a king who walked primarily by sight, whereas David was a king who walked primarily by faith. As we learn more about what it means…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 5/14/2017) In today’s message, we read the account of Samuel going to Jesse’s house to anoint a new king of Israel. The reason for the new anointing is that God has rejected King Saul because of his disobedience, and has determined to have a new king of Israel…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 4/30/2017) We continue today with our introduction to the life of David, who is called a “man after God’s own heart.” As we try to learn what it means to be a man like this, we learn some characteristics of David that show us what it means to…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 4/9/2017) This sermon was the first sermon in a series on the life of David preached by Pastor Chris McCool back in 2017. In today’s message, Pastor McCool introduces us to the only man in history of whom it is said that he was a man after God’s…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 1/08/23) In the first half of this message, we saw that one of the most vital aspects of our any warfare is the supply line. Prayer is our supply line! Prayer is also our “secret weapon,” with nothing comparable in the Roman legionnaire’s armada. Prayer works both to…
by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached 7-31-22) Yesterday, Elder Owens began looking at the Ebenezer stones in our lives. “Ebenezer” simply means “a stone of help,” and was a memorial to the power of God in the deliverance of the Israelites from the Philistines. There are many things in our lives that ought to be…
by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached 7-31-22) After a great victory over the Philistines, Samuel set up a stone that he called “Ebenezer”. This name literally means “a stone of help.” The purpose of the Ebenezer stone was to remind the Israelites about the mighty deliverance that God had wrought for them on that day….
This sermon concludes our series on the early life of David. We have seen this man grow from a young boy shepherding his father’s sheep, to a champion slaying a giant, and now to the king he was anointed to be, ascending the throne of Israel. But we have also seen Saul, a constant character…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 11/26/2017) In this conclusion to part one regarding the defection of David to Philistia, we see that God sometimes delivers us in spite of our bad choices. He certainly did that to David! Listen as we are encouraged to remain faithful and trust God to deliver us. Download Audio…
