Sunday Sermon: Tell Me A Story - David and Goliath

This morning, we will continue our Tell Me a Story series with two of the most well-known characters in all of Scripture: David and Goliath. Many of us learned this story as children as a tale of courage, faith, and the underdog who defeats the giant, and it is certainly that. However, David’s story also asks us to look more closely at the nature of power. It reveals how the vulnerable can overcome the seemingly invincible, and later the same people can become captive to the very power they once resisted. David is remembered as a shepherd, a poet, a king, and a person after God’s own heart; he is also remembered as one whose life reveals the deep contradictions of human nature. Sermon on 1 Samuel 17:4-11, 32-40, 45-49, delivered by the Reverend David J. Powers on July 5th, 2026.