Sermons from October 2025

Last week in the narrative we moved into the era of “kingship” in Israel, where Samuel reluctantly appointed Saul as Israel’s first king. In our story we were coming to the end of Saul’s reign as he had fallen out of favor with God and the people, and Saul anoints the famous David as next king. This week we take a big leap through all of David’s reign, which starts out strong but when it’s all said and done, as…

This week in worship we continue in the Narrative Lectionary, entering into a whole new era for Israel which is the era of the kings, where we’ll get introduced to a young man named David. David is of course a massive figure in the story and in the history of Israel. When we get to this part of the story, it never ceases to amaze me just how relevant it all is. -Pastor Paul