David’s encounter with Bathsheba leads to a beautiful - if surprising - picture of grace given, received and confirmed.
Reverend Bowen: Sermons
Reverend Bowen is Signal Pres' Senior Pastor.
The King’s Kindness
David’s kindness to Mephibosheth shows us the shape of God’s kindness to his people. We follow that kindness all the way to the king’s table, and all the way to…
The Leveler and The Warrior
As we step back into our study of David, we get a picture of the LORD as leveler and warrior, going out before his people to wipe away anything and…
Grace Upon Grace
John’s account of Jesus’s coming is summarized in these words: The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Those words help us to see what the incarnation is, what it…
The Meaning of the Manger
Our look at the accounts of Jesus’s birth takes us into the Gospel of Mark...where there is no account of Jesus’s birth! Nonetheless Mark gives us the point of Christmas…
The LORD’s King in Action
As we wrap up our time in 1 Samuel, we are reminded by David’s strength, success and sharing of the spoils that when the Lord chooses a king for his…
A Scary Story in the Dark
A witch. A dead man coming up from the grave. All of it in the darkness. Chapter 28 has all the makings of a good scary story, one that sends…
The Forgotten God Remembers
The absence of the name of the Lord in this chapter is the key to getting its point: the forgotten God remembers.