Aletheia Church, Cambridge

The later parts of David's life are marked by tragedies—but they are partly of his own making. In this sermon, Pastor Adam looks at the rise of Absalom, David's son, who stages a coup. David's apathy created a vacuum into which Absalom stepped. Apathy can do similar damage in our own lives.

David is King of Israel and is meant to be an image of righteousness to the people of Israel - however, when Bathsheba appears on a roof in his Kingdom, David falls short of his call. How does David fail the most important test of his life? In this sermon, Campus Missionary David Fulton examines King David's failures to offer wisdom through the test of Entitlement.

In God's presence there is both joy and danger. In his first major act as king of Israel, David brings the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem—the presence of God to the center of Israel's national identity. Things go wrong when David doesn't follow God's instructions, and David responds by humbling himself. In this sermon, Pastor Adam unpacks how we must respond to experience the joy of God's dangerous presence.

When facing one of the greatest challenges of his life, David was able to find strength in the face of despair. In this sermon, Pastor Adam looks at David's response in the face of despair and looks at how we can tap into the same strength when we face down despair.

When David has the chance to kill Saul and secure the kingship for himself, he doesn't take it. In this sermon, Pastor Donny explains the times when temptation to disobey will be most intense, and where we find the power to trust and obey.

In the familiar story of David and Goliath, Israel is paralyzed with fear at the sight of Goliath but David moves swiftly towards the fight. In this sermon, Operations Director Steve Cabral looks at the beliefs and perspectives that give David a paralysis-defying courage.

David's story begins with God "seeing" him. In this sermon, Pastor Adam explores how God's oversight of David is of ultimate importance in his story.