Posts from April 2026

David’s Dysfunctional Family – Difficult News

2 Samuel 18:19-33 Picture a small-town high school football stadium on aFriday night.The home team wins a huge playoff game. Thescoreboard lights up: HOME 28 – VISITORS 14. Thecrowd erupts. The band plays. Players lift the coach ontheir shoulders.But in the stands, one man doesn’t cheer.He’s staring at the field, searching every group of playerscoming…

David’s Dysfunctional Family – Absalom’s Death

2 Samuel 18:1-18 During the American Civil War, in the border region of WestVirginia, two brothers grew up in the same home, prayed atthe same table, and learned the same Scriptures. But whenthe nation split, so did their loyalties. One enlisted in theUnion Army. The other joined the Confederacy.Years after the war, a photograph was…

The Completed Work of Christ on Easter

Luke 23-24, Acts 1:6-11 I heard a story about a woman who was sexually abused as asmall child by her father. She grew up, overcame theemotional damage that had been done, and eventuallymarried a missionary. Years later, after her children were fullygrown, she received a letter from her father telling her hehad become a Christian…