Luke 18: 9-14 The Pharisee And The Publican  CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The Audience addressed by this parable was the self-righteous crowd.  They trusted in themselves that “they were righteous.”  To illustrate their true unrighteousness Jesus compared a Pharisee to a Publican.  Observe:  The Pharisee’s: Confident Approach – “he stood...

1 Sam 28:7-19 The Woman with the Familiar Spirit CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO A familiar spirit by definition is a spirit that has a supernatural relationship with people. When a person had a familiar spirit, the spirit could reveal things to him supernaturally that he could not know naturally.  The problem,...

1 Sam. 30: 1-8 Encourage Yourself in the Lord CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO

1 Sam 27-29 Out From Under God’s Protection CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO David took matters into his own hands when he decided to go to Achish in Gath of the Philistines to get away from Saul.  He no longer trusted that the Lord could protect him from Saul.  In so doing...

1 Sam 26:1-25 David Trusted the Lord CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO It’s one thing for a man to say that he trusts in the Lord.  But it is a totally different thing to actually trust him.  David trusted the Lord, which is evident by a number of things we find in...

Managing Cattle and Pastoring a Church  CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Pastoring a church is very similar to managing a herd of cattle.  Like a ranch manager, the pastor must: Provide Nutrition – Jn 21:15-17, Acts 20:28 and 1 Pet 5:2 tell pastors to feed the sheep.  The King James Bible is...

1 Thes 5:4-11 The Children of the Day CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Children of the day are children of light, v.5, because God our Father is light, 1 Jn 1:5-6, because Jesus our brother is light, Jn 12:46, Jn 8:12, and because the word of God by which we were born...

1 Sam 24:1-15 He is the Anointed of the Lord CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO David and his men were in a cave in the wilderness of Engedi when Saul and his men were hunting for them.   Saul ended up sleeping in the cave where David and his men were hiding.  So,...

1 Sam 23:1-15 The Will of God and Predestination CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Here is one of the most remarkable passages in the Bible on the will of God and the foreknowledge of God.  In it we see the will of God: Revealed – v.2 – God revealed to David that...

1 Sam 22:1-2 The Cave Adullam CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Three kinds of people went to join David in the cave Adullam as he separated himself from Saul.  They were those in distress and in debt and those who were discontented.  Where would have been in David’s day with a narcissistic,...