Browse published sermons from Jeff Harrington in Dove Creek Bible Church's Podcast.
Jun 6, 2021 1:13 PM America/Chicago
In this text we get into one of those areas where angels fear to tread…one of the most, without a doubt, controversial passages in the entire Bible. Emotions on this subject not only run strong they run deep…and more often than not, they run hot. Why
Jun 6, 2021 1:08 PM America/Chicago
In this text Paul reminds Timothy of the importance of praying for the unbelieving and then for some inexplicable reason he specifically mentions those involved in the politics of civil government as needing much prayer.
May 26, 2021 8:56 AM America/Chicago
Ministry is a battle field. No one engaged in a battle should ever be surprised when they get wounded…it is a reasonable expectation you might get wounded. It is a reasonable expectation there might be some casualties. In today's text, Paul exhorts Timo
May 17, 2021 6:48 AM America/Chicago
In today's text Paul shares his dramatic testimony. Paul was grateful for the grace bestowed upon him which not only saved him but appointed him to service while at the same time enabling him to faithfully render the service to which he had been appointed
May 10, 2021 7:28 AM America/Chicago
Last time we observed that false teaching does not, for it cannot, produce orthodoxy or orthopraxy. False doctrines, myths, and meaningless talk...no matter how confidently asserted, nevertheless remain unorthodox. This week Paul explains to Timothy the f
May 3, 2021 8:19 AM America/Chicago
At one time or another we have all probably given some thought about what we would say if we knew we were going to die soon. If we knew we were going to see our loved ones only a few more times at best...what things would we want them to remember…what w
Apr 26, 2021 1:21 PM America/Chicago
The Bible records David's triumphs and David's transgressions. He was both a man of faith and a man of failure. It has been suggested that there were four cycles in David's life and in each cycle we find a moment of great failure which followed a moment o
Apr 19, 2021 6:24 AM America/Chicago
The next chapters describe conflicts David has to deal with after Absalom’s rebellion, David’s Song of Praise which is an overview of the Lord’s faithfulness to him, and his last words meaning his last divinely inspired words not the last words he e
Apr 12, 2021 6:29 AM America/Chicago
If you have significant dysfunction in your family...have you ever tried to trace it all back to where it originally began? David's relationship with his sons is dysfunctional. What went wrong between David and his sons and who or what is to blame?
Apr 4, 2021 1:10 PM America/Chicago
The ministry and resurrection of Jesus offered people something new. If they accepted His offer they became something new. Becoming something new meant a whole new way of life. Some people were attracted to this newness of life and others wanted to quash
Mar 29, 2021 4:13 PM America/Chicago
Elizabeth O’Connor once wrote, “Despite a hundred sermons on forgiveness, we do not forgive easily, nor find ourselves easily forgiven. Forgiveness, we discover, is always harder than the sermons make it out to be.” In this text, David struggles wit
Mar 22, 2021 8:48 AM America/Chicago
The bitter fruit of David’s sin, begins to blossom in Chapters 13-15 beginning with troubles in David’s family. David tore Uriah’s family apart and now his own family will be torn apart. David sowed sexual sin and murder in Uriah’s family, now he
Mar 14, 2021 2:34 PM America/Chicago
When is it appropriate to confront? Our struggle as to "when" is two-sided. How do we determine "when to confront" in the sense of is this something we should be confronting someone about at all...is confrontation even necessary in this situation? Second
Mar 8, 2021 7:18 AM America/Chicago
In 1st Peter 5:8, Peter wrote "Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." In today’s text that devil lion finds David unprepared and unguarded so he devours him. In truth, the devil
Feb 22, 2021 7:38 AM America/Chicago
Some people have a "No-Face". Some people have a "Yes-Face". If you have ever stood at the side of the road or in a parking lot with some jumper cables in your hands you have looked in desperation for a "Yes-Face" amongst a sea of "No-Faces". Are you a "Y
Feb 16, 2021 6:25 AM America/Chicago
William Carey said, "Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God." Today we see that David wants to attempt a great thing for God, but God says "No, instead I want to do a great thing for you”.
Feb 7, 2021 11:07 AM America/Chicago
Today we see how David learns a terrible lesson concerning how God is good, but He isn’t safe.
Jan 31, 2021 6:16 AM America/Chicago
Have you ever had a time in your life when you finally achieved some lifelong goal and then the thought occurs to you...now what? In these chapters David finally becomes king...now what? What kind of king will he be?
Jan 25, 2021 7:01 AM America/Chicago
When someone dies...how do we evaluate their life...how do we encapsulate it? Do we consider it as a whole? Or should we focus on the last few years? Or if their life ended badly do we only remember the early years? I think of this whenever I read an obit
Jan 17, 2021 4:12 PM America/Chicago
Today we finish 1st Samuel with the death of Saul, but before we examine the final product of Saul's life, the fruit; we will look at the seed that gave life to that fruit. Saul proudly planted seeds of defiance and he consequently reaped the thorns of de
Jan 11, 2021 8:57 AM America/Chicago
David’s life appears to be running smoothly since he made the decision to defect to the Philistine camp. He doesn’t have to wander all over the desert anymore hiding in caves, in fact, a whole town has been given to him. Saul had even given up his pur
Dec 14, 2020 5:45 AM America/Chicago
One of mankind’s greatest wishes is to communicate with the dead and there are popular "psychics" today that skeptics refer to as “grief vampires”. They find people who are trapped in a place of non-acceptance concerning the death of a loved one and
Dec 7, 2020 6:05 AM America/Chicago
In today's text David is discouraged. He is tiring of this renegade in the wilderness routine...tired of being the pea in God's Shell Game with Saul. He is weary of fixing the same old problems, resisting the same old temptations, and constantly having th
Nov 29, 2020 9:15 AM America/Chicago
We all have a button that can be pushed...a switch that can be flipped that will send our composure into a tailspin and very often it’s the little things that send us over the edge. We steel ourselves against losing our composure over a big thing only t