Chris Watts Sermon

The Purpose of Existence

The turn from 1 to 2 Chronicles focuses on David’s and Solomon’s efforts in building the temple, but during this process both David and Solomon recognize a puzzling aspect to their work; God doesn’t actually need a temple, everything that they used to build it came from him, and a temple can’t contain him anyway. So why build the temple? This question is a microcosm of a much larger question: why did God create anything at all? What is the point of our existence? David’s and Solomon’s prayers provide a good foundation from which to explore this deep question.

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(Preaching through Chronicles. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on September 7, 2025.)

Chris Watts Sermon

The Wisest Fool Who Ever Lived

Solomon presided over the absolute height of the kingdom of Israel, because God granted his request for wisdom in addition to giving him wealth and power. But Solomon’s great wisdom did not prevent him from falling into the same kinds of temptations that face every human. How did a man whose reign started off so well fall into such problems, and how does our own struggle mirror his?

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(Preaching on the history of early Israel. This sermon was preached at the Dewey Church of Christ on May 11, 2025.)