November 6, 2020
Blog Post
Video: “David Anointed and Opposed — Part Two” by Alistair Begg — Alistair Begg reminds us that the unity and peace our world longs for will be found not in a political system but under the kingly reign of Jesus Christ.
December 4, 2011
Mark 12:35–37
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• 40:13
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After answering several hostile questions from Israel’s religious leaders, Jesus responded with a question of His own: “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?” Alistair Begg considers how Jesus’ challenge from Psalm 110
December 8, 2013
Luke 2:6–7
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• 37:56
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wonder. I’m not gonna say that it’s the easiest thing that you have to deal with in the Bible, but I agree with my friend David Robertson when he says, “If human beings can [manufacture] a situation whereby a woman can become pregnant without
August 7, 2022
2 Samuel 23:1–7
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• 41:32
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Nearing the end of his life, King David wrote his final words as the “sweet psalmist of Israel.” Yet they were not a chronicle of personal achievements; rather, he prophesied concerning God’s promise to one day send a King who would rule humanity
And I invite you, if you’re able, to turn with me to 2 Samuel and to chapter 22 and to follow along as I read the first twenty verses. Second Samuel 22:1: “And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered …
December 6, 2020
2 Samuel 5:6–16
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• 48:15
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When David finally became the new king of Israel, he fulfilled God’s purposes by driving the Jebusites from Jerusalem and establishing the city of Zion as his own. Alistair Begg emphasizes that from the outset of his reign, David’s significance came
Throughout the Bible, God chooses the most unlikely candidates imaginable to do His work. Alistair Begg walks us through a striking example of this principle: the story of David and Goliath. Even with all the powerful soldiers of Israel present
In standing for God’s honor against Goliath, David did not merely fight a giant, or even the Philistines; he joined the ultimate cosmic battle between God and those forces who would oppose Him. Centuries later, Jesus would score the decisive victory
January 24, 2021
2 Samuel 7:1–7
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• 45:29
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With his kingdom established and enjoying a time of peace, David proposed to build a better dwelling place for the ark of God. Initially, Nathan the prophet affirmed the king’s plan—yet his well-meaning support failed to consider the Lord’s
November 30, 2015
Blog Post
Read the lyrics of the Christmas hymn 'Once in Royal David's City.'
May 17, 2015
2 Timothy 4:6
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• 37:07
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of despondency, still his life is being poured out. God is at work in the lives of his servants all day, every day, in joy and in sorrow. Now, as we saw last time—and it was quite helpful as I sat and listened to David Robertson preaching last week. I …
December 16, 2024
Blog Post
'Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her Baby...' - From the Hymn, “Once in Royal David's City”
May 12, 2015
Selected Scriptures
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• 50:47
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the question of liturgy and the structure of worship that gives ebb and flow to the way in which we engage these things. And for ourselves at Parkside—and I know David Robertson wouldn’t like this—but we’re not unhappy with dipping in fairly consistently
November 14, 2004
1 Samuel 17:41
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• 23:32
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It can be easy to pass over the story of David and Goliath as simply a childhood favorite. Alistair Begg, however, teaches us that this well-known encounter is actually a reminder of God’s sovereign purposes in the midst of trials. Scripture
While the Israelite army was away doing its duty, King David stayed home and acted in sin. Alistair Begg offers a stark warning from this low point in David’s life. To sin blatantly as David did, we must have anesthetized our fear of God. We think
The more comfortable we find ourselves, the more vulnerable we are. Reflecting on the need for pastoral purity, Alistair Begg calls us to vigilance concerning matters of integrity. King David, for instance, was a man after God’s own heart, yet also
When David’s child, born as a result of his adultery with Bathsheba, was afflicted with sickness, it awakened within the king a spiritual zeal that had been dormant. David began to seek God, and he prayed desperately that God might spare his little
given it to us, and what are the passage’s doctrinal and practical applications? Addressing fellow pastors, Derek Prime demonstrates this approach as he teaches the familiar story of David and Goliath.
The giant Goliath arrived on Israel’s battle lines boasting of his strength and mocking Israel’s refusal to send out mighty challengers. Only when the shepherd David arrived did the Israelite soldiers hear a forgotten truth. As Alistair Begg
How did David go from godly king to abusive adulterer? It happened by degrees, as sin tends to. First, David was all alone. This may appear to be a minor detail, but 2 Samuel 11:1 reveals how it was “the time when kings go out to battle”—yet David
