Woodland Friends Church

POSTED HERE FOR FAMILY OF JERRY BURNS: Memorial Service for Jerry Burns, included is Eulogy and Message.

At first look at this passage, I thought, “Gee, is David just throwing sugar on Saul and Jonathan? Is he just white-washing?” and the prospect of that didn’t make for a very good message. Trusting the Scriptures are more than just reflections of men’s best-attempts at funerals, I knew there had to be more, and there is more. The Lord makes everything new!

At first look at this passage, I thought, “Gee, is David just throwing sugar on Saul and Jonathan? Is he just white-washing?” and the prospect of that didn’t make for a very good message. Trusting the Scriptures are more than just reflections of men’s best-attempts at funerals, I knew there had to be more, and there is more. The Lord makes everything new!

It is likely that the Amalekite knows that David is the next in line for the throne. While the Philistines are no doubt about to settle into Israel, David is the man who took down Goliath. David is the man who has defended Israel from invaders even while Saul was still king, and Saul hated David! Saul feared David! So it is likely that this Amalekite believes the hatred is reciprocated. This man l...

It is likely that the Amalekite knows that David is the next in line for the throne. While the Philistines are no doubt about to settle into Israel, David is the man who took down Goliath. David is the man who has defended Israel from invaders even while Saul was still king, and Saul hated David! Saul feared David! So it is likely that this Amalekite believes the hatred is reciprocated. This man l...

David, after just coming back from being in a very compromised situation, this close about to war against God’s own people, finds the end results of his brilliant plan to leave God’s People, and raid some tribes is this: a burning city, and families nowhere to be seen, and some men ready to off David, forget Saul! And David says to God, “God, here’s what I got! Here’s what I’ve accomplished! Can y...

David, after just coming back from being in a very compromised situation, this close about to war against God’s own people, finds the end results of his brilliant plan to leave God’s People, and raid some tribes is this: a burning city, and families nowhere to be seen, and some men ready to off David, forget Saul! And David says to God, “God, here’s what I got! Here’s what I’ve accomplished! Can y...

Saul sought the wrong Prophet to have rise up from the dead! There's a better Prophet who rose Himself up from the grave, and unlike Samuel's ominous words, Jesus offers life! Redemption! Change! (PDF attached at www.wfcidaho.sermon.net) | Sermon to be uploaded 10/30 Evening.

Saul sought the wrong Prophet to have rise up from the dead! There's a better Prophet who rose Himself up from the grave, and unlike Samuel's ominous words, Jesus offers life! Redemption! Change! (PDF attached at www.wfcidaho.sermon.net) | Sermon to be uploaded 10/30 Evening.

Saul sought the wrong Prophet to have rise up from the dead! There's a better Prophet who rose Himself up from the grave, and unlike Samuel's ominous words, Jesus offers life! Redemption! Change! (PDF attached at www.wfcidaho.sermon.net) | Sermon to be uploaded 10/30 Evening.

Saul sought the wrong Prophet to have rise up from the dead! There's a better Prophet who rose Himself up from the grave, and unlike Samuel's ominous words, Jesus offers life! Redemption! Change! (PDF attached at www.wfcidaho.sermon.net) | Sermon to be uploaded 10/30 Evening.

Apparently Saul did have intentions to perhaps once again - surprise, surprise - search for David. But David’s plan - or was it God’s plan? -works! Saul’s not following David into the Philistine territory. Saul can have his kingdom, and the one who should be King is no longer in Israel. Saul’s happy. The pressure is off David. He’s forced an end. And because the pressure is off, some might say, “D...

Apparently Saul did have intentions to perhaps once again - surprise, surprise - search for David. But David’s plan - or was it God’s plan? -works! Saul’s not following David into the Philistine territory. Saul can have his kingdom, and the one who should be King is no longer in Israel. Saul’s happy. The pressure is off David. He’s forced an end. And because the pressure is off, some might say, “D...

The Lord uses trials like conflict to grow us in the virtues of self-restraint and waiting on Him. Four things that God uses to continue making David a fit king for the throne are: a Great Loss, A Harsh Offense, a Wise Woman, and a Just End. // SPECIAL SPEAKER CURT HEFFELFINGER

The Lord uses trials like conflict to grow us in the virtues of self-restraint and waiting on Him. Four things that God uses to continue making David a fit king for the throne are: a Great Loss, A Harsh Offense, a Wise Woman, and a Just End. // SPECIAL SPEAKER CURT HEFFELFINGER

David was in the presence of what we know to be a tyrant, a selfish, murderous leader, a killer, a hostile enemy to the priests of God. I mean this doesn’t just get David in a self-serving sense, “I’ll-get-to-be-king,” but it can get to David in a wanting-justice sense. You think David was incensed that Saul is killing people to get to David? And let’s be honest, our mindset is eye-for-eye. Tooth-...

David was in the presence of what we know to be a tyrant, a selfish, murderous leader, a killer, a hostile enemy to the priests of God. I mean this doesn’t just get David in a self-serving sense, “I’ll-get-to-be-king,” but it can get to David in a wanting-justice sense. You think David was incensed that Saul is killing people to get to David? And let’s be honest, our mindset is eye-for-eye. Tooth-...

How far are you willing to go to keep your sin? It’s a saddening thought, but how long will you hold on to it? Who has to face the consequences of your choices? Who needs to hurt? What do you need face? What things need to be said? Saul's sin is coming full force it seems, as he's willing to annihilate an entire city of the Lord's priests. And David is audacious enough to take the blame for it!

How far are you willing to go to keep your sin? It’s a saddening thought, but how long will you hold on to it? Who has to face the consequences of your choices? Who needs to hurt? What do you need face? What things need to be said? Saul's sin is coming full force it seems, as he's willing to annihilate an entire city of the Lord's priests. And David is audacious enough to take the blame for it!

There is something missing in this entire passage. David’s fled, or trying to flee the Presence of Saul, but where is he to go? What’s he supposed to do? All the author does right now is show us what he’s doing. But something is missing. One of my commentators brings up, “On various occasions, reference is made to David’s enquiring of the Lord with respect to where he should go and what he should...

There is something missing in this entire passage. David’s fled, or trying to flee the Presence of Saul, but where is he to go? What’s he supposed to do? All the author does right now is show us what he’s doing. But something is missing. One of my commentators brings up, “On various occasions, reference is made to David’s enquiring of the Lord with respect to where he should go and what he should...

We’re not to be pressured, cajoled, influenced by the world. The world should be dead to us. The world should have no influence on us. In Christ, we’re a self-governing, self-autonomous entity, city, Kingdom within the kingdoms of this world. We’ve got our own laws, and we serve our own government and governor, we have our own culture!

We’re not to be pressured, cajoled, influenced by the world. The world should be dead to us. The world should have no influence on us. In Christ, we’re a self-governing, self-autonomous entity, city, Kingdom within the kingdoms of this world. We’ve got our own laws, and we serve our own government and governor, we have our own culture!

Galatians 6:1-10 needs to be that for me. It’s more than just a list. It has a culture, a milieu behind it. It has the Spirit of God under it - which we believe in the Holy Spirit’s inspiration of the Scriptures, so we know that. There is this imagery of harvest: of sowing, of reaping. But it is this first fruit of Jesus, the wheat that falls into the earth (John 12:24) that under-girds it all. Th...

Galatians 6:1-10 needs to be that for me. It’s more than just a list. It has a culture, a milieu behind it. It has the Spirit of God under it - which we believe in the Holy Spirit’s inspiration of the Scriptures, so we know that. There is this imagery of harvest: of sowing, of reaping. But it is this first fruit of Jesus, the wheat that falls into the earth (John 12:24) that under-girds it all. Th...