Prof Doug Petersen: Giants Aren’t Always What They Seem

City Harvest Church Weekend Sermons

Are you facing a giant—financial troubles? Health issues? Relationship problems?—in your life right now? Listen to this message and be encouraged. Teaching from the familiar story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17, special speaker Prof Doug Petersen dissects the story to highlight details spelled out in the Bible that reveal exactly how a shepherd boy with a slingshot successfully destroyed the giant warrior of the Philistines, and why Goliath really didn’t stand a chance. Transposing this teaching to his own experience when his first school in Latin America was about to be shut down, Prof Petersen powerfully demonstrates the truth that is “the battle belongs to the Lord” (1 Sam 17:47). Prof Douglas Peterson is the Margaret S Smith Distinguished Professor of World Missions and Intercultural Studies at Vanguard University. He is also the founder of ChildHope (previously Latin America ChildCare) which has over 300 schools in 20 cities, and supports 100,000 children daily.