We're back together in the building, after 10 months of online church!  To celebrate, Chris uses the story of Solomon dedicating the Temple to reflect on the idea of sacred spaces and holy ground.  What makes a place sacred?  Wha...

The King is returning to his throne!  In a reverse of the processional he had taken in chapters 15-17, David will once again encounter several people he had met earlier, in a completely different set of circumstances.  How will David ...

The battle between David and Absalom will conclude when the rebellious son meets his fateful end.  David's emotional response is a devastating reflection of how our King responds to lost rebels as well.Stay tuned for an extra large...

Absalom has to choose between the advice of Ahithophel, or the advice of Hushai.  One is wisdom, and the other is foolishness; one would lead to victory, one to a crushing downfall.  Wisdom can be tough to discern for us as well. ...

Last week we discussed David's long, sad processional out from Jerusalem towards the borders of Israel, showing kindness and humility and trust in God's will along the way.  Today we connect David's journey to Jesus, Who took a reverse lon...

Absalom's rebellion is in full swing, and King David must flee.  But his royal procession away from Jerusalem gives him many opportunities to meet various people with varying degrees of loyalty, and to formulate a plan for reinstatement.&n...

Absalom is a greedy, selfish, deceitful taker who seduces God's people away from their King.  The same is true of sin.  Here, Chris gives an emotional demonstration of how sin works like Absalom, and how God's children can always retu...

Happy Father's Day, from Clyde Christian Bible Church!  David hasn't proven himself to be a very good dad.  But today's story of David and his estranged son Absalom reminds us of a couple stories about our heavenly Father, Who longs f...

Our dear friends had a wedding (actually, second wedding), so Chris brings his wedding sermon to Sunday morning.  Using CS Lewis' "The Four Loves", Chris examines love of all kinds, before we discuss the greatest of all loves, made visible...

Having a tough conversation about Canada's Residential School system, a recent form of genocide against Indigenous peoples.  What does the horrible history mean for the church today?  More importantly, how can we help bring about heal...

WARNING: This message features discussions on sexual assault and rape.In a gross story of rape and murder between royal siblings (and an ineffective father/king who refuses to do anything about it), we are given a strong contrast to our...

Alright.  We've spent a lot of time in the past couple weeks examining the downfall of Dirtbag David, the selfish, greedy, power-hungry, "taking King".  How will God respond to the enormity of David's destructive sins?  And just ...

We've heard the voices of the victims. Today, we explore David's downfall according to the words of Scripture, as we prepare for the most shocking part of the sordid tale of David & Bathsheba.Also: Happy Mother's Day!  You moms...

WARNING for TRAUMATIZED INDIVIDUALS: This episode deals with sexual assault, sexual abuse, and rape.In this creative retelling of Bathsheba's story, we get a look at the woman in the center of David's sordid affair.  She has everyt...

In this, the first of a series of creative retellings of David's tragic downfall in 2 Samuel 11, we see the events of the king's betrayal through the dying memories of Uriah the Hittite.  Could it be that the life of a faithful, honourable...

"Have those pesky rivals got you down?Are you left half-bearded and bare-bottomed and ashamed by your foes?Are you constantly surrounded by those seeking to harm you?Follow my helpful guide to learn how YOU TOO can master the royal ...

Tying together threads from throughout the life of King David (and filmography of Julia Roberts), Chris looks at the story of King David extending faithful love, kindness, and grace to a crippled potential enemy.  It's a story at the very ...

He is risen!  He is risen indeed!For Easter 2021, we examine the events of the first Easter weekend using one of Chris' patented cheesy wordplays, focusing on the resurrection scenes surrounding the Tomb, the Room, and beyond. ...

As we examine the last couple  days of Jesus' life (Preparation, Condemnation, Crucifixion) we find that Good Friday reveals Jesus to be a very different kind of King, a King of footwashing, faithfulness, and fallenness that leads to fruit...

With God at His side, all David does is win win win, no matter what.  These victories are confirmation of the covenant promises God had just made to the king one chapter earlier.But the victories are also problematic in their own w...

David wants to build God a house, but God builds one for David instead.  Thankfully, this covenantal house is open for each of us as well!  Today we examine how the covenant with David further expands this house of covenants.  Bu...

Chris takes a deeper look at the lives of the first three men God covenanted with: Noah, Abraham, and Moses.  Along with being heroes, an interesting pattern develops in each of their stories.  After God gives His promises, the receiv...

David wants to build God a house, but God builds one for David instead.  God has built a house for all of His children, and each covenant He makes is the addition of a new room to that glorious House.  After taking a brief tour throug...

David wanted to build God a house, but God flipped the script and promised to build David a house instead.  In this sermon, we take a look at David's excellent and instructive response. David behaves like a Kindergartener demanding a fulfi...

Sometimes, a small thing that brings you joy turns out to be an item of extreme worth, like a ten-dollar ring selling for $850,000.  A similar thing happens to David in 2 Samuel 7; he wants to build a house for God, for reasons both noble ...