God’s promise to David is almost entirely first person: I took you, I was with you, I cut off your enemies, I will give you rest. Pastor Adam does the…
The tribes make David king and cite not his lineage but that he led them out and brought them in. Pastor Adam builds on the difference between a king and…
David finally moves, and the striking thing is that he asks first. Pastor Adam reads 2 Samuel 2 as a man refusing to chase a destiny already promised, with the…
“Ask me for anything in my name.” Pastor Adam takes it at full strength, then asks why so few pray as if it were true, naming guilt, unbelief and competing…
“I will not leave you as orphans” only means something if the condition is real. Pastor Adam inventories what an orphan actually lacks, name, history, belonging, legitimacy, and argues Jesus…
Matthew 22:1-14 and the wedding banquet: invitations refused, the doors thrown open to whoever can be found, and the one guest without a garment.