Baldhead Bible Podcast
275 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsMost of the Bible is in story form, and my goal is to keep the power of the story while applying the truths of scripture. If you want to hear stories of great men and women from the Bible, with an application that is relevant to your life, then this is the podcast for you. New episodes will be added every Friday. If you wish to contact us, feel free to email us at [email protected]
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Moses and the Bronze Serpent: Israel Wanders in the Desert Series
November 01, 2022 05:01 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBThis week we hear the story of Moses rescuing the people of Israel with a snake. Now a snake was the shape Satan took in the garden when he deceived Eve, and generally speaking, a snake is a bad thing, but here God commands Moses to use a snake to save the people of Israel from certain death. Jesus later uses this passage from the book of Numbers to help explain what it means to be born again. If Jesus used it, then this must be a pretty important story. Listen to this week's episode to disc...
Moses Strikes the Rock: Israel Wanders in the Desert Series
October 24, 2022 23:35 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBMoses and the people of Israel are back. God had commanded them to wander in the desert for 40 years until the faithless generation died, and now their children were ready to inherit the Promised Land. They were back at the southern border. But you know what else was back? Fear. Complaining. Faithlessness. The people again cried out to Moses about the lack of water to drink. They were complaining just like their parents about how they were all going to die, and if they had just stayed in Egy...
Moses and the rebellion of Korah: Israel Wanders in the Desert Series
October 11, 2022 04:57 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBThe Jewish people were at the border of the Promised Land and had to turn around. They saw the grapes that were so big they had to be carried on poles. They also saw giants and became afraid for their very lives. So they ran rather than trusting in Yahweh, and for that, they paid a very heavy price: they were forced to wander in the desert for 40 years until everyone over 20 died. Unhappy with God's will, some men decided to rebel and lead a coup to try to take the leadership of the country ...
Twelve Men went to Spy out Canaan, Two had Faith and Ten were Dead: Israel Wanders in the Desert Series
October 04, 2022 10:48 - 30 minutes - 28 MBHave you ever sung that Sunday School song about the twelve spies? If you have, you know ten were bad, and two were good. But you don't realize from that song how bad the ten other spies were. They forgot about Yahweh's promises and His miracles and chose instead to focus on the reality around them. And what you also don't realize from that famous Sunday school song is how terrifying a prospect it was to take on the giants in the land. These were not just tall people; these were giants who w...
Moses and Miriam get in a Fight: Israel Wanders in the Desert Series
September 27, 2022 04:23 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBMoses gets attacked by his sister Miriam and his brother Aaron in this week's story. But it's not Moses' fault. The man did nothing wrong, and the Bible even says in Numbers 12 that Moses was the meekest man to ever walk the face of the earth. So you know he didn't pick the fight. So what made Miriam so mad? Why did she try to tear Moses' leadership down and why did Aaron join in? Sadly, it all came down to one ugly word: jealousy. See how it started and the miraculous way that Yahweh stoppe...
Moses and the Graves of Craving: Israel Wanders in the Desert Series
September 20, 2022 03:27 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBMoses and the people of Israel spent roughly a year at Mount Sinai meeting with God and receiving the 10 commandments and directions on how to build the tabernacle. But now they are on the move on their way to the Promised Land with Yahweh and the Ark of the Covenant leading the way. But along the way, there arises a group of people the Bible calls riffraff, a rabble, and they begin to complain about how the LORD is treating them, particularly in what they are eating. They crave something mo...
Moses builds the Tabernacle: Israel Wanders in the Desert series
September 13, 2022 12:47 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBThe day has finally arrived. Roughly eight months after arriving at Mount Sinai, the Tabernacle is ready to be built. It took 80 days of listening to specific directions from God on the exact dimensions of each piece of furniture, how each covering was to look, and how all the objects in the courtyard were to look. It was time to put all the various parts together and build the Tabernacle where Yahweh would come to reside to be with His people. Listen to this week's podcast as we recount the...
Moses goes up a mountain and comes down glowing: Israel Wanders in the Desert Series
September 06, 2022 05:22 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBMoses is desperate. Yahweh is so fed up with the people of Israel that He will not allow His presence to be with them anymore. He is afraid they are so stubborn and sinful that His anger will break out and kill them. So Yahweh has decided not to lead the people of Israel into the promised land anymore. The people are devastated when they hear the news: God almighty will no longer be with them. What are they going to do? How can the people possibly take on the powerful tribes around them and ...
Moses and the Golden Calf: Israel Wanders in the Desert Series
August 30, 2022 04:11 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBMoses had been gone for a very long time. He had been gone for forty days and nights, for over a month, and the people wanted a leader. They wanted a god like the ones they left in Egypt. They were probably starting to doubt the love of Yahweh for them, and maybe some of them tried to take control of the nation, and now that Moses was gone, perhaps some of them saw their chance. So they confronted Aaron, and they demanded a new god. And so Aaron gave them a god. And what is about to happen ne...
Moses Climbs a Mountain to Meet God: Israel Wanders in the Desert Series
August 23, 2022 14:22 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBIt has been three months since Israel crossed the Red Sea and left Egypt behind. It has been three months following Moses and the cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night. It has been three months of seeing Yahweh work miracle after miracle every day. It has been three months since the gift of manna was provided for them every day so they could eat in the desert. It has been three months of being tested by God to prepare them for this moment: the moment they meet God on Mount Sinai. Liste...
Jethro Has a Great Idea: Israel Wanders in the Desert Series
August 16, 2022 04:05 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBI will admit this next story is not full of battles between Israel and a clan of giants, or there aren't any miraculous moves of God to amaze. Instead, this is a simple story of Moses being stuck with a difficult task to perform and his father-in-law Jethro coming up with a brilliant solution. But this seemingly simple story is also about pride versus a teachable spirit and how willing we are to accept and listen to criticism. If you find criticism hard to take and would like to become better...
How to Live in Times of Cultural Chaos: Lessons from the Lives of Joash and Josiah
August 09, 2022 13:19 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBI am unable to put out a podcast this week on our new series of Israel and their years of wandering in the desert. I am unable to because I am at one last camp for the summer season of 2022. This summer I told the story of Kings Joash and Josiah, and how their lives teach us many things. Some bad from Joash and some really good things from Josiah on how to live a life devoted to the Lord. I took those sermons and mushed them into one sermon when I have been asked to speak at churches this sum...
Yahweh is My Banner: Israel Wanders in the Desert Series
August 01, 2022 16:58 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBIsrael is on the move, all 2 million souls. They are following Moses and Yahweh as they lead them away from Egypt towards the promised land. They move in stages, from one oasis to the next, making their way towards Mount Sinai. It felt like aimless wandering to the average Israelite but not to Yahweh. He had a purpose and a plan for this journey from the Red Sea to Mount Sinai and the giving of the Law. That purpose was to reveal the hearts of the Israelite people. To reveal whether they had ...
The Way of Faith or the Way of the Whine: Israel Wanders in the Desert Series
July 28, 2022 02:21 - 27 minutes - 25 MBThis week we are going to start a new series. We are going to tell the story of Israel and its desert wanderings. We are starting today where the desert wanderings began: right after the victorious high of experiencing the miracle of crossing the Red Sea. Moses then leads roughly 2 million people to their first stop or station on the way to Mount Sinai to receive the Law. In today's story, we will hear the miracle of salty water turning sweet and bread falling from the sky. Listen to this wee...
Nehemiah and the Call to Obedience: The Ezra Nehemiah Story
July 19, 2022 03:48 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBWe come to the end of the story in Nehemiah, but sadly for Nehemiah, the obstacles he faces are not over. He is about to meet one of his most significant obstacles, one of the tallest mountains he has ever had to climb. King Artaxerxes called Nehemiah back to be his cupbearer once again, and for two years, he left to serve the King. But then he returned to Jerusalem, and the thought he was returning to a people reinvigorated to serving Yahweh. But instead, what he found was something complete...
Nehemiah and the Joy of the Lord is your Strength: The Ezra Nehemiah Story
July 05, 2022 02:22 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBThe walls are built, and the people are moving into Jerusalem to live safely behind the new walls. Things are going exactly to plan. And then Ezra reads the law. He reads the Pentateuch for 6 hours as the people stand and listen. And what happened next will shock you, but it will also remind you of the power of hearing scripture and how simply hearing God's words can change a life and a whole culture.
Nehemiah completes the wall: The Ezra Nehemiah Story
June 21, 2022 04:25 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBNehemiah, and the people of Judah, finally complete the wall. And they meet it in record time. They completed the wall in only 52 weeks. What a fantastic feat, and it shows the brilliance of Nehemiah, but it also indicates that the hand of God was with Nehemiah. One way the hand of God was revealed was through saving the life of Nehemiah again and again. Listen to this week's podcast to hear how God rescued His servant Nehemiah from certain death and how Nehemiah was able to complete the wall.
Nehemiah Fights an Enemy While Building a Wall: The Ezra Nehemiah story
June 14, 2022 04:15 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBNehemiah is an organizational genius. He not only had to come up with a way to rebuild a wall nearly 2 miles long and 30 - 40 feet high, but he also had to come up with a way to build it under the threat of constant attack. How is he going to do that? How can he organize the people so they can overcome these obstacles and at the same time give glory to God while fighting to defend their homeland? Listen to this week's episode to understand that the genius behind Nehemiah was the fact that he ...
Nehemiah Returns to Jerusalem and Inspects the Wall: The Ezra Nehemiah Story
June 07, 2022 15:12 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBNehemiah wept over the state of the wall in Jerusalem. He was grieved to hear of the city's danger and the failure of the returned exiles to complete the job of establishing Jerusalem once again. Nehemiah felt that he had to do something. He felt God calling him to holy action. And so, his first step was also one of the most dangerous steps: he had to ask the King for help. But King Artaxerxes had recently decreed for all of the work to stop in rebuilding Jerusalem. And now Nehemiah had to go...
Nehemiah Asks the King a Big Favor: The Ezra Nehemiah Story
May 31, 2022 04:56 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBThe book of Ezra introduced us to the exiles' journey back home to the Promised Land after a 70-year absence and all that the exiles went through attempting to rebuild the Temple. Finally, the Temple was built, and Ezra worked hard preaching and teaching the Law to the people. But now we run into a problem: the Temple is rebuilt, but the people are not moving forward. Jerusalem's walls are in ruin, and the Jewish people are fading into the culture around them. Enter Nehemiah. He sees the prob...
Ezra Pricks the Conscience of a Nation: The Ezra Nehemiah Story
May 23, 2022 23:27 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBThis week we meet Ezra, the man the book is named after. We also come to the end of the story. Ezra was a man dedicated to three things: studying the Word of God, obeying the word of God, and teaching the word of God. Those three things were the dominant theme of his life and ministry, and they are on full display in this story. Because of those things, in just five months, Ezra causes a nation to realize something dreadful: they have broken their covenant with Yahweh and are in danger of jud...
The Work Begins Anew: The Ezra Nehemiah Story
May 17, 2022 04:17 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBThe people gave up. For over 15 years, the Jewish people quit building the temple. They were threatened by the people of the land, who did not want them to continue the rebuilding. The Babylonian authority told them to stop. Everything was working against them, and in many ways, the Jewish people just gave up. But then God sent two prophets to wake the people up. Who were they, and what happened next? Listen on to find out.
Stopping the Work of God: The Ezra Nehemiah Story
May 10, 2022 13:57 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBZerubbabel is forced to stop building the Second Temple. Jeshua and Zerubbabel had done so well. They had led the people back to the promised land, and they had made a new altar and begun daily sacrifices again to Yahweh. After a silence of 80 years, sacrifices were once again being offered to Yahweh. Progress was being made. But there was an enemy present. One who did not want to see God's people back and one who wanted to see all this progress come to a screeching halt. But how? How could t...
Zerubbabel Returns Home: The Ezra Nehemiah Story
May 03, 2022 04:04 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBThis week we start a new series on the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Many believe they were originally one book later split into two, and that idea makes sense when you realize their story focuses on the same overall event: the return of the exiles to the promised land. The return of the Jewish people to their homeland occurred in three waves. Today's story focuses on the first wave led by Prince Zerubabbel and the decree of King Cyrus, allowing the people of Israel to return and rebuild the te...
Jesus Arrested and the Great I AM: Snapshots from the Life of Jesus
April 20, 2022 15:57 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBWe last left Jesus in the garden, praying, begging for this cup of suffering to pass from him. But in the end, Jesus knew it was His cup to bear, His cup to drink, and with His final conversation with His Father, He stood up ready to face the coming onslaught. And there was very little time for Him to reflect on the coming ordeal because right away, what He saw coming towards Him would have terrified the average person, but for Jesus, instead, He saw an end and a beginning. The end of His min...
Jesus and the Garden of Suffering: Snapshots from the Life of Jesus
April 12, 2022 03:52 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBIn this week's snapshot, we see the humanity of Jesus on full display. Remember that Jesus was 100% man and 100% God all simultaneously. And many times, we forget that Jesus was fully man and suffered in very human ways down here on earth. Sadly, in the garden, we see Jesus overwhelmed with the horror of the coming cross. Where others saw a beautiful garden, Jesus saw a beckoning sorrow, and with that, he began to weep. How did Jesus handle the emotions that were threatening to overwhelm Him?...
Jesus gives a graduation speech: Snapshots from the life of Jesus
April 05, 2022 03:41 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBIn the next couple of episodes, we will look at snapshots from the life of Jesus. From the last supper to His triumphant resurrection. We begin with looking at graduation day for His disciples. Jesus had been honing and shaping them in the Jesus school of ministry for the past three years, and now they were ready. Graduation day had come. So what was Jesus going to say? As the graduation speaker, what were the words of encouragement He wanted to send His disciples? We know exactly what He sai...
Can I Trust God Even When I Suffer?: Scenes from the Life of Jeremiah
March 29, 2022 03:42 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBThis is the final episode in the Jeremiah series, and this is the last day he gets to spend in Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar has sacked Jerusalem and burned it to the ground. And now the people of Judah are being deported to Babylon, and Jeremiah is being dragged along with them and his trusty sidekick Baruch. These were two men who tried to live for Yahweh, who did their best to obey His commands, yet they still had to suffer the consequences alongside those who chose to disobey. Is that fair? H...
Jeremiah in the deep, dark pit: Scenes from the life of Jeremiah
March 22, 2022 04:10 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBIt had to be dark in that pit as Jeremiah slowly sank into the mud. As he stood there, he must have felt himself sinking further down into the mud at the bottom of this nasty, stinky cistern. How did Jeremiah end up there? Why did Jeremiah end up there? What could have been so bad that he deserved being shoved into a deep, dark mud hole? If you have ever sometimes wondered where God is in the middle of your pit of despair, well, this is a story you have to hear.
King Jehoiakim, Jeremiah and the burnt scroll: Scenes from the life of Jeremiah
March 15, 2022 04:53 - 27 minutes - 25 MBJeremiah is a wanted man. King Jehoiakim of Judah wants Jeremiah gone, dead, killed off. Yet God commands Jeremiah to go and read all the prophecies of doom and destruction that God has given to Jeremiah over the last 25 years, to go and have them read to Jehoiakim, the very man who is trying to kill him. How is Jeremiah going to do that? First, he has to write them down and then read them to the King. Enter the scribe, Baruch. Listen to this week's story to hear about Baruch and the reaction...
Jeremiah Wears a Yoke and Buys a Field: Scenes from the Life of Jeremiah
March 08, 2022 04:32 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBWe go back and look at two more visual parables this week. God would use any method He could to reach His people Israel. Sometimes he asked His prophets to portray His message to His people visually. Last time it was dirty underwear and broken clay pots. This week it is a yoke and buying a field. How will God use these images, these visual parables, to reach His people? What messages is He trying to send? Listen on to this week's podcast to find out.
Jeremiah, Uriah and the heavy cost of discipleship: Scenes from the life of Jeremiah
March 01, 2022 04:36 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBWhat was it like for Jeremiah to preach? This week, we look at a scene from Jeremiah's life showing the challenges he had to face every time he preached. And one of his greatest challenges was that he spoke under the threat of imprisonment and the grave possibility of death every time he preached. And yet he still preached and warned his fellow Israelites of God's coming judgment, but also he told them about God's offer of grace. Finally, we hear the story of a contemporary of Jeremiah: the p...
Jeremiah, Clay Pots and Nasty Underwear: Scenes from the Life of Jeremiah
February 22, 2022 04:27 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBIn the Bible, God would use any means to reach His people Israel. He would send prophet after prophet to warn His people, or He would send plague, disaster, or some other act of judgment to try to wake His people up. And sometimes, if the people were unwilling to listen, God would use symbolic action, or a visual parable, to try to help his people understand and get them to listen. In the next couple of episodes, we will hear four of them. Today we are going to listen to the first two. And th...
What is God's call on your life?: Scenes from the life of Jeremiah
February 15, 2022 05:17 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBThis week we are starting a new series on the book of Jeremiah. We will be focusing on specific scenes from the life of Jeremiah, the prophet. Jeremiah was called by God to speak, to preach, to weep over a crumbling culture slowly drifting away from the worship of Yahweh. I believe there are things that we can learn from Jeremiah's life, from his story, to help us live a faithful witness in the middle of our own drifting culture. This week we learn about the call of God on the life of Jeremia...
A Tragic Ending, But a Hopeful Beginning: The Divided Kingdom Series
February 08, 2022 05:58 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBWe come to the end of 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles, and boy is it a sad ending. King Josiah led Judah towards a godly future. One where the people of Judah were once again in covenant with Yahweh. But then he died, and his sons were left to run the country, and unlike their Father, they had no interest in having a heart after Yahweh. Instead, they led Judah back to its idolatrous ways, and we come to the final chapter in the story of Israel. We also meet a prophet named Jeremiah, who though he we...
King Josiah and the Discovery of a Lifetime: The Divided Kingdom Series
February 01, 2022 00:04 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBJosiah is a fabulous King in the eyes of the LORD. He has a heart wholly devoted to him and is busy tearing down high places and removing idolatrous practices from the nation of Judah. He began to rebuild the broken parts of the Temple to restore the site dedicated to the worship of YAHWEH. The High Priest Hilkiah was busy cleaning and ordering the temple treasury when he saw the edge of something sticking out in the corner. It looked like a scroll, probably some scroll that tallied the gold,...
Can an 8 year old child be the GOAT of all the Kings of Judah?: The Divided Kingdom Series
January 25, 2022 05:10 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBAs King of Judah, can an 8-year-old child be the Greatest Of All Time? The greatest king Judah, and in fact, all of Israel ever had? The writer of 2 Kings thinks so. He wrote of this 8-year old King that "Neither before nor after . . . was there a king like him who turned to the Lord as he did—with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses" (2 Kings 23:25). Who was this fantastic elementary school kid? What was the name of this chil...
Manasseh is buried in the backyard: The Divided Kingdom Series
January 18, 2022 04:56 - 24 minutes - 22 MBHezekiah was a good King who followed Yahweh with all his heart. Though he did not end his reign on a high note, overall, he was a King who pleased God. And for eleven years his son Manasseh co-reigned with him, learning from his Dad how to lead the nation in a way that pleases God. And when his father died, at the age of twelve, Manasseh became the sole ruler of Judah. And you know what he did when he was finally on his own? He became one of the vilest, evil kings Israel and Judah had ever k...
King Hezekiah gets sick: The Divided Kingdom Series
January 04, 2022 05:39 - 30 minutes - 28 MBThis week we come to the end of Hezekiah's story. The GOAT of Judah, one of the greatest Kings Judah ever had, is coming to the end of his days. He is dying, and the prophet Isaiah has shown up to tell him that God wants him to get his house in order because he will die. But Hezekiah is not ready to die. He still wants to live, so he pleads to the Lord for life, to not die, and to live longer. He prays for God to remember all he has done for Him and to give him more time on this earth. And th...
King Hezekiah versus Sennacherib: The Divided Kingdom Series
December 28, 2021 06:19 - 38 minutes - 35 MBThe great Assyrian King was threatening the very walls of Jerusalem. He had marched throughout the Samaritan region, destroying nations and taking many captive and exiling them to Nineveh and the cities of his Assyria. And he had one prize left, the city of Jerusalem, and he was primed to siege and take it and wipe out the nation of Judah forever. Judah's King at the time was King Hezekiah, and he had to face the threat of Sennacherib and his vast army. But how? Where is Judah's, God Yahweh? ...
King Hezekiah and the Passover Celebration: The Divided Kingdom Series
December 21, 2021 05:15 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBKing Hezekiah is the ruler of the southern Kingdom, known as Judah or southern Israel. Last week, Hezekiah cleansed the temple, reformed and reordered the priesthood, and now he calls all of Israel to come to the temple in Jerusalem to rejoice and worship the one true God Yahweh. He calls all that is left of the northern Kingdom to come and celebrate. Will any of them come? Will the Lord accept their worship? What will this celebration look like? Listen to this week's podcast to find out.
King Hezekiah and the Serpent Cult: The Divided Kingdom Series
December 14, 2021 05:10 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBThe greatest of all time, otherwise known as the GOAT. This week we meet for the first time the GOAT of the Kings of Judah, and his name is Hezekiah. Now it is not me making this claim of goatness for him, it is the Bible. Scripture says that there was no better King before or after him. And what made him so great? Well, for one thing, he was not afraid to take on super secret serpent cults. Listen to how he dealt with the cult of Nehushtan, and reigned in such a way that the Bible called him...
The End of the Story for one of the Kingdoms: The Divided Kingdom Series
December 07, 2021 05:15 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBThe end, That's all, folks. And they lived happily ever after. All stories come to an end, a conclusion. And we hope they are happy endings, that the story ends with the hero riding into the sunset having vanquished all their foes. But other stories end badly; they end on a sad note. And this week, we hear one of those stories. The end of Northern Israel does not end well. Their story concludes ugly, sad, and the worst part about it is that it could have all been avoided if the people of Isra...
King Ahaz and the only sign that gives us hope
November 30, 2021 04:56 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBThis week we look at the story of King Ahaz and the famous prophecy that "A virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Immanuel." This prophecy was pronounced by Isaiah to King Ahaz and later used by Matthew to help explain the virgin birth of Christ. How can a prophecy of judgment against a rebellious King of Judah be applied to the birth of Jesus? Listen to this week's episode to find out. Turn to 2 Kings 16 and 2 Chronicles 28 to follow along.
King Ahaz and the only sign that gives us hope: The Divided Kingdom Series
November 30, 2021 04:56 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBThis week we look at the story of King Ahaz and the famous prophecy that "A virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Immanuel." This prophecy was pronounced by Isaiah to King Ahaz and later used by Matthew to help explain the virgin birth of Christ. How can a prophecy of judgment against a rebellious King of Judah be applied to the birth of Jesus? Listen to this week's episode to find out.
Jotham and a life that did not waver: The Divided Kingdom Series
November 23, 2021 04:48 - 24 minutes - 22 MBOne theme that keeps coming up as I tell these stories is the theme of obedience. God expects His children to obey His commands. And if we do obey Him, God promises that He will bless us. In this week's story, we hear the story of King Jotham and his choice to obey and to not waver in that obedience. By doing so, God blesses him and, by extension, the kingdom of southern Israel. Hear his inspiring story and the call God gives to all his children to live a life of obedience.
Jotham and a life that did not waver
November 23, 2021 04:48 - 24 minutes - 22 MBOne theme that keeps coming up as I tell these stories is the theme of obedience. God expects His children to obey His commands. And if we do obey Him, God promises that He will bless us. In this week's story, we hear the story of King Jotham and his choice to obey and to not waver in that obedience. By doing so, God blesses him and, by extension, the kingdom of southern Israel. Hear his inspiring story and the call God gives to all his children to live a life of obedience. Read 2 Kings 15 a...
The Folly of Pride: Kings Amaziah and Uzziah: The Divided Kingdom Series
November 16, 2021 05:39 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBPride is the original sin, and led to the downfall of Lucifer as he wanted to be like "the most High." From Lucifer's first prideful desires, humanity has always struggled with pride and its various sinful manifestations. In this week's story, we hear about two Kings, who let their pride rob them of the joy of following God, but it also led to their personal ruin and destruction. Their stories are a warning to our culture of the proper place of pride and how the greatest remedy to pride is fo...
The Folly of Pride: Kings Amaziah and Uzziah
November 16, 2021 05:39 - 26 minutes - 23.5 MBPride is the original sin, and led to the downfall of Lucifer as he wanted to be like "the most High." From Lucifer's first prideful desires, humanity has always struggled with pride and its various sinful manifestations. In this week's story, we hear about two Kings, who let their pride rob them of the joy of following God, but it also led to their personal ruin and destruction. their stories are a warning to our culture of the proper place of pride and how the greatest remedy to pride is f...
King Amaziah: Dude who's your God?
November 09, 2021 05:25 - 18 minutes - 15 MBKing Amaziah is a fool. The Bible says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and fools despise wisdom and instruction. Well, King Amaziah was a fool because he followed God, but not wholeheartedly, and in that, he was a fool. Amaziah came to the throne at the age of 25, taking over from his murdered father, Jehoash. He had the chance to do what was right and to obey Yahweh and follow him all his days. But instead, Amaziah chose to imitate his father's heart and follow the LORD a l...