This Sunday we're in 1 Samuel 20, and it's the chapter where David's old life ends. Two men swear a covenant out in a field, in a hurry, while a king back at the palace sharpens a spear for one of the...  Read More

Sunday we watched one victory split two hearts. Jonathan heard the same song Saul heard, and Jonathan took off his royal robe and handed it to David, while Saul started watching him. "Saul eyed David ...  Read More

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Yesterday we stood in the valley of Elah and watched a shepherd drop a giant with a sling and a stone. And we learned that the battle is the LORD's. Israel did not win that day by being brave. Israel ...  Read More

This Sunday we come to one of the most familiar stories in the whole Bible, David and Goliath, and it's a story we almost always tell backward. Before you gather, spend some time in 1 Samuel 17 asking...  Read More

Preparing for Sunday - July 5, 2026This Sunday we start something new: Anointed and Hunted, our walk through the back half of 1 Samuel. Chapter 15 ended with Saul rejected and Samuel grieving him till...  Read More

This past Sunday we closed our series on the rise and rejection of King Saul. But here is something worth noticing. We did not close the book on Saul. He does not walk offstage when the series ends. H...  Read More

There is a moment fear loves. The situation is pressing, the clock is running, and a voice starts up inside you. Do something. Anything. You cannot just sit here.Saul knew that voice. In 1 Samuel 13 t...  Read More

Sunday we stood with Israel at Gilgal, a people who had failed and knew it, standing in the rain and certain they were about to be swept away. And we watched Samuel do something remarkable. Before one...  Read More

There is a moment in the life of a growing church when the question stops being can we afford to hire? and starts being can we afford not to? We have reached that moment.Over the past few years, First...  Read More

The sermon Sunday named a pattern. We crown things beside God, ask God for them, and discover they cannot save us. The bottom line was simple: the king you ask for is not the King you need.On a Sunday...  Read More

Some of you left Sunday with something sitting on your chest. You know what it is. You have known for a while.Maybe it is a pattern you keep returning to. Maybe it is something you have been carrying ...  Read More