The Park Road Pres Podcast

David’s Chief End

Let's dive in and look at David's death…and let's use the occasion to THINK about death. Let's think about how people often relate and respond to death. Then we'll look at the Bible's understanding of death is (IS there a cohesive teaching on death in the Bible?) Last, let's consider how WE deal with death, the death of loved ones… how we'll face our own deaths.
Let's look at: 1) Reactions to Death 2) Understanding Death and 3) Facing Death

The Fall and Rise of the House of David: Cost me Nothing

Today we note the character change in David (a Pattern for us to follow) and the symbols pointing to a bigger Story (a Picture for us to trace) and lastly the motivation we find when we do trace the picture back to the King represented (a Persuasion to us to live a new life).
Let's look at part two of last week's scene – let's find in this sequel: 1) A Pattern 2) A Pointer 3) A Persuasion

The Fall and Rise of the House of David: A Matter of Security

Last week, David had a craving (for HOME) and this week David has an idea for establishing his house and legacy…and guaranteeing the security of the nation. But David's idea is a bad one…for reasons that may not be obvious to us… So, let's look at this quest for security:1) David's Sin 2) David's Dreadful Decision 3) The Hand of the Lord (the security we need)

David Had A Craving

The writer takes us back to David's early days when he'd been anointed king, but Saul was the reigning king. And while on the run from Saul, David learns that his own hometown was occupied by his arch enemies, the Philistines. David is hiding from Saul, the mad king, in an enormous cave and he expresses homesickness for the place where he was born, the little town of Bethlehem.
That's what I want to explore together today – the craving or longing for home, why we really can't go back and cultivating a holy homesickness for the home where we've never been. So that's it – 1) Homesickness, 2) No Going Back and 3) The Home Where We've Never Been.

Gratitude from the Unlikely

Phil Letizia dives into Luke 17:11-19, & the story of Jesus healing the 10 lepers. 

The Fall and Rise of the House of David: The God-Drenched Life

We've seen both regret and grief in David's life; today's text addresses the opposite of regret i.e., satisfaction. How to look forward to looking back – how to cultivate future satisfaction? Let's look at three themes:1) Trouble2) Self3) God

The Fall and Rise of the House of David: Return of the King

...it's the return of the King! it's a moment to celebrate victory. And, for US, a parallel: it reminds us and informs us of something very important to the Christian and that is the impending return of thĒ King and how to live in this interim period… when the king seems to be away.
Today, something a little different: I want to isolate two features in this decisive and dangerous moment of tragic victory. And I want to show how these two features mirror our own experience of living, while anticipating the return of a King. 1) Lost In Love 2) Rebels' Response

The Fall and Rise of the House of David: Absalom, Absalom

A few weeks ago we looked at regret. Today we look at a subset of regret, namely GRIEF, our emotional response to loss and death.
How does the basic truth of Christianity, the Gospel, inspire a different approach to grief? Let's look at:1) A Context FOR Grief2) A Concentration ON Grief3) A Confidence IN Grief

The Fall and Rise of the House of David: The Retreat

Today we look at the arena or workshop where God often performs His divine alchemy and changes the lead of our failings into the gold of Christ-likeness. That workshop is the WILDERNESS. David is in retreat and along with many of his supporters, he's fleeing from Absalom into a place where no one cares to go – a place of pain and deprivation…where the believer sees his or her desperate need for God.
Today, the believer in Jesus Christ and the "wilderness experience": 1) How'd it happened for David?2) How it happens for us and what to do about it.

The Fall and Rise of the House of David: A Proud Father (and a Failed Homecoming)

So, today, we look into this deeply troubled family and see in them some of the dynamics that continue to plague broken families (and ALL families are somewhat broken). Modern families, here in South Florida, still face issues of parent-child hostility, poor communication, sexual sin, distance, tension, coldness in relationships and lack of forgiveness, warmth and affection. These stories are relevant!
What, are the resources found in the basic idea behind Christianity – what do we find in the Gospel that we can draw upon to help us – to save us – from these issues that are so destructive? Is the message of Jesus and His great achievement… is there help in it for US and for people struggling with family brokenness?
Let's look at:1. A Homecoming Contrived 2. A Homecoming Complete 3. A Homecoming Current (Complex, Complicated)