My 5/31/2020 sermon at Crestview entitled Our Blessed, Helping God from Psalm 124 is now online. It was a big day for us as we re-opened after the COVID closings. I was happy to continue our series in the Psalms of Ascent and preach on Psalm 124 and how God helps His people. Specifically, my outline asked us to suppose if God didn’t help His people, and then to answer the call to praise God He did. I did try to bring an application to all the goings-on in our world these days. I hope the sermon encourages you.

My 5/3/2020 sermon, Direction for Life’s Frustrations (Psalm 120), which also served to introduce Crestview’s new series on the Psalms of Ascent, is now online. Many of us are looking for hope in the midst of these frustrating days. God’s Word is up to the challenge of giving us a firm footing these days. Specifically, this sermon dealt with how we can have direction when life is overwhelming to us. I hope this sermon encourages you.

My 4/26/2020 sermon at Crestview, Heart Stirrings (2 Samuel 23-24), is now online. This sermon was the final sermon of 48 covering the 55 chapters of 1 and 2 Samuel. I began this series in January of 2019 and while taking a few breaks here and there, this was the regular preaching rhythm for me on Sunday mornings.

This final sermon was entitled heart stirrings because I had hopes that studying these books left our people like the Emmaus Road disciples whose hearts burned as Jesus was consistently seen in the pages of the OT. And, I also believe that the writer, in these final two chapters, was trying to move us, that our hearts might be drawn out in worship to God.

There were amazing things that we saw in this passage and I hope it encourages you.

And, if you’re looking for other sermons in the series, they’re archived over at Crestview.

My 4/19/2020 sermon at Crestview Bible Church, The Lord Is My Rock (2 Samuel 22), is now online. This sermon dug into David’s long prayer of thanksgiving (which you can also read in Psalm 18) to show how God gives us stability. He’s repeatedly called our “Rock” in this passage.

You may feel very unstable these days wondering what God is up to, whether or not He cares, if He’s able to help, or a host of other things. This sermon might help point you to some of the answers to those musings. I hope it’s profitable for you.

My 4/5/20 sermon (for Palm Sunday 2020) at Crestview, The Exalted Suffering Servant (Isaiah 52:13-53:12), is now online. This passage clearly points forward to Jesus coming to earth and I realized I had never done a sermon on this passage. This sermon is an attempt to help encourage us to look to Jesus for Holy Week. I hope it encourages you.

Further, take advantage of the 2020 Holy Week Devotional related to this passage (Julie Thompson designed this and it includes articles from Tom Dixon, Ron Rhoades, Kole Farney, Luke Thompson, and me).

My 3/29/20 sermon at Crestview, God Is Serious (2 Samuel 21), is now online. I tried to draw out some implications of a passage that shows God avenging the shedding of innocent blood as well as God giving David victory over his enemies through his mighty men. The conclusion was that there are some things in this world that we learn that God is serious about and this should give us great comfort, especially as it relates to our salvation and God’s care for people like us. I hope the sermon spelled good news for you and you were encouraged through it.

My 3/22/2020 sermon at Crestview is now online. Entitled Toward Stability (2 Samuel 20), I dug into the instability of David’s kingdom as he entered Jerusalem after God rescued him from Absalom’s coup. There are all kinds of applications related to the instability we’re currently facing in the throes of COVID-19. Ultimately, the application is what kind of stability we’re going for. Our ultimate stability is found in Jesus Christ and the unshakable kingdom found in Him. I hope this sermon encourages you.

My 3/15/20 sermon, The King’s Return (2 Samuel 19), is now online. This sermon was preached for the live stream of Crestview. David is returning to Jerusalem after Absalom rebelled. And, we slow down to see all kinds of people that David deals with as he returns. It really dug into the idea of conflict and questions that emerge as we deal with conflict. On top of all this, we got to see how God has been kind to us through Jesus. I hope it’s helpful for you.

My 3/8/2020 sermon at Crestview Bible Church, The Lord’s Deliverance (2 Samuel 18), is now online. This sermon dug into the narrative surrounding Absalom’s death and the fall out from this. The messengers consistently brought David news that the Lord had delivered him from his enemies. This sermon was me trying to unfold that text and see how it might relate to our lives. I hope you enjoy it.