"How A Kingdom Forgets" (August 16, 2026 Sermon)

Send us Fan Mail Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. Fearing Text: 2 Kings 17:1-23 One bad day rarely explains a collapse. We start with a real-world glitch, a Sunday livestream where the audio fails, then move into a far heavier breakdown: the fall of Israel to Assyria in 722 BCE as told in 2 Kings 17. The text is long, sharp, and uncomfortable, and we do not rush past that discomfort. We read it as both history and diagnosis: political instability, pressure from empire, and a spiritual drift tha...