Sermons on Uriah:

The Over-Exposed Heart - A Man After God's Own Heart Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 21, 2005

The temptation to look where we shouldn’t look is hard for most men. What had Bathsheba done wrong? What had David done wrong? And how do we deal with ourselves and others who do those wrong things?

OPEN: The true story is told of a banquet where a famous religious leader found himself seated next to an extremely beautiful woman who was wearing a gown with a perilously low neckline. Instead of becoming angry or embarrassed or pretending to be unaware of her exposure he offered her an apple. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:1-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Yield Not To Temptation

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Jun 13, 2018

All of us are tempted every day. There is a process we go through before we make a decision to give in to the temptation or not to give in to the temptation. The record of David and Bathsheba is such an example.

All of us are tempted every day. Satan is trying to find something that will stick in our minds that we will act on. So I said to God “Father, there has to be a process we go through before we make a decision to give in to the temptation or not to give in to the temptation.” And sure enough, there ...read more

Scripture: James 1:12-15, 2 Samuel 12:1-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Man After God's Own Heart? Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 14, 2018

David committed adultery, and murder by proxie. And God brought a terrible but just judgment upon him that was rightly deserved. But then in Acts 13 we read that David was a man after God's own heart. How can that be?

This sermon series is what I call “Comeback Kings.” It describes the lives of people in Scripture who had had potential for greatness, but whose lives were shattered because of something they or others had done. Ultimately, though they achieved victory from lives of defeat and became “comeback ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:1-15, Acts 13:22, 2 Peter 3:9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

David: A Man After God's Heart (4) Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Dec 20, 2020

The Bible tells us that David was a man after God's heart, yet he commited a terrible sin when slept with Bathsheba and killed Uriah. In 2 Samuel 11, we discover that David had a selfish heart, scheming heart, and sorrowful heart.

David: A Man after God’s Heart (4) Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 3/13/2016 The Bible is full of heroes. These biblical heroes don’t wear colorful capes or costumes, but they instill us with hope, optimism, and faith. They were men and women who overthrew kingdoms, stood ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:22

Denomination: Christian Church

When Your Sin Finds You Out Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Sep 17, 2022

David could not hide his sin from the very one who he ultimately sinned against, God. God knows your every move, your every thought, and your every motive.

Thomas Cromwell was having a portrait painted. He said, “paint me as I am leave out not a scar or a blemish.” There is a Wikipedia article on the portrait of Thomas Cromwell. The article says that Cromwell’s portrait is the least flattering portrait the artist ever painted. For centuries a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:1-26, 2 Samuel 12:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Hands That Shed Innocent Blood

Contributed by James Dina on Jul 30, 2020

God’s image is debased and his wrath justly incited every time a person(innocent blood) made in God’s image is unjustly destroyed. Approximately, there are 200.000 abortions per day worldwide (WHO).What blood could be more innocent than the blood of an unborn child?

HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD God’s image is debased and his wrath is justly incited every time a person (innocent blood) made in God’s image is unjustly destroyed. Approximately, there are 200,000 abortions per day worldwide (WHO). What blood could ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 19:10, Genesis 4:1-8, Proverbs 6:16-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

“but God Was Not Pleased”

Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Aug 3, 2015

This is a sermon about the powerful Treat the Poor and what it means to be working poor in a country with so much every thing. The Sermon is based on the interactions between David and Nathan around his killing of Uriah

Text “and sent Nathan to David. Nathan said to him, “There were two men in the same city—one rich, the other poor. The rich man had huge flocks of sheep, herds of cattle. The poor man had nothing but one little female lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up with him and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:1-12

Denomination: United Methodist

Things That Are So Easy To Do

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010

David was a man after God’s own heart yet he sinned on many occasions. His most grievous sin was probably his affair with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah. David found out just how easy it is to sin and to displease God.

Intro: The Bible is quite honest in its record of great men and women. It not only records their good deeds and testimony worthy of our example, but also their failures and sin which were written for our admonition and warning. Take one of the finest kings of Israel – David, a man after God’s own ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:1-18

Denomination: *other

Bathsheba, A Mother To Model

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on May 2, 2013

Bathsheba is probably one of the least likely people you ever thought of as a good example for mothers, but it is time you heard the rest of her story.

Bathsheba, a Mother to Model This Mother’s Day I have chosen someone very different to speak on. In fact, in my research I have not found anyone who has ever chosen to use Bathsheba as an example for Mother’s Day, for some reason we are able to grant David forgiveness and restoration, but ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:24-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

Transference Of Spirits

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Feb 7, 2011

Saul tried to kill David by having him fight a battle with the Philistines.Thinking David would die, and no one would blame Saul. David used the same type of plan with Uriah. Coincidence? I don't think so. Sometimes we pick up bad ideas/attitudes from oth

Transference of Spirits 2Sa 11:14 Now it came about in the morning that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent [it] by the hand of Uriah. 2Sa 11:15 And he had written in the letter, saying, "Place Uriah in the front line of the fiercest battle and withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:14-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Foolish Sin Of Presumption

Contributed by Robert Simmons on Feb 27, 2002

The great sin described by King David was not his adultery with Bathsheba, his murder of Uriah, or his numbering the multitude of Israel. The great sin is presuming God to be what you imagine. The idolatry of imagination was described by Karl Marx as "s

No one goes to hell on purpose. The pied piper lulls and rocks you into a state of slumber. He removes all urgency for immediate response. Yet as you wait for your time to live for God, your day to die without Him is unexpectedly racing to swallow you up.. You hesitate seeking the Physician ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 19:11-13

Denomination: Church Of God

"What Was Great About David's Great Sin?"

Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Feb 16, 2004

You may have thought that David’s great sin was when he committed adultery with Bathsheba? It is true that the innocent blood of Uriah and the baby were upon his hands, but in today’s text, seventy thousand people in Israel died because of his sin... Why

"And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly." You may have thought that David’s great sin was when ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 24:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

You Are The Man Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 30, 2023

After David's sin with Bathsheba his family fell apart. What can we learn from his experience that can make us better parents as well as better servants of a mighty God?

In 2013, a 19 year old Austrian skier named Teresa Stadlober became the 1st Austrian skier to take the gold and silver medals in the Junior Skiathlon (in the Czech Republic).Ever since that time she’d been training for the Olympics, and in 2018 (at the age of 25) she was at the Olympic Winter ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Part 26: Getting Back To The Joy Of Jesus - Sermon 2: The Miraculous Works Of The Holy Spirit Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 8, 2025

Seven miraculous works of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament, and the major difference between having the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament versus the New Testament.

Great Prayers of the Old Testament Part 26: Getting Back to the Joy of Jesus Sermon 2: The Miraculous Works of the Holy Spirit Psalm 51:11 Sermon by Rick Crandall (Prepared July 8, 2025) (Revised August 31, 2025) BACKGROUND: *Last time we start a series of sermons to cover three great themes in ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:11

Denomination: Baptist

Secret Sins (2 Samuel 11)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 8, 2025

Can we be forgiven of secret sins? Let's begin in 2 Samuel 11.

Have we all had secret sins, committed in full view of heaven? What secret sins do we not want to talk about? Can we be forgiven? Let’s begin in 2 Samuel 11. David made many mistakes, more than is recorded of Saul, except that David repented and Saul just made excuses. What was one of David’s ...read more

Denomination: Baptist