Monument or Altar: A Life Defined
The final acts of two kings reveal whether a life is built around self-promotion or the mercy of God.
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The final acts of two kings reveal whether a life is built around self-promotion or the mercy of God.
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David's census reveals how easily we place our hope in the gifts God gives rather than in God himself.
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“David was far from perfect, he made serious, painful mistakes. But what defined him wasn't his failures or his victories. It was this: he knew he needed God's mercy. And he lived like it.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalReady-to-lead discussion questions, each set drawn from one sermon on 2 Samuel. Open one and take it to your group this week.
“When David finally acknowledged his sin, he said something powerful: "Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is great." What does it take, emotionally, spiritually, to get to a place where you can say something like that?”
Open the discussion guideFor groups that want to go further. Each guide works through one sermon on 2 Samuel passage by passage.
Short quizzes that check whether a sermon on 2 Samuel landed. Each one was built from that sermon's actual content.
“Why did David insist on paying for the threshing floor instead of accepting Araunah's gift?”
Take the sermon quiz“According to Ryan, what was the core reason David's census was sinful, even though God commanded censuses elsewhere in Scripture?”
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