Simplify

Over these last four and a half years and 245 episodes, it has been a joy getting to walk closer with Jesus as we have walked through Simplify. Thank you to all you loyal listeners.    At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another another podcast called The FORMED Podcast, training teachers in the local church.  Listen on YouTube Listen on Google Podcasts   Join Darin Sargent and me on another another another another podcast called The Lloyd and LeRoy Show, a podcast about nothing that might lead to something.  Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

In a region in Israel that was more Gentile than Jewish, in a region carpeted in deep darkness, God promised through Isaiah that He would shine glorious light. Enjoy this week's special Christmas episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another another podcast called The FORMED Podcast, training teachers in the local church.  Listen on YouTube Listen on Google Podcasts   Join Darin Sargent and me on another another another another podcast called The Lloyd and LeRoy Show, a podcast about nothing that might lead to something.  Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Isaiah's Immanuel. Our Immanuel. One was born to be a sign; One was born to be the Savior. Enjoy this week's special Christmas episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another another podcast called The FORMED Podcast, training teachers in the local church.  Listen on YouTube Listen on Google Podcasts   Join Darin Sargent and me on another another another another podcast called The Lloyd and LeRoy Show, a podcast about nothing that might lead to something.  Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Elijah stood on top of Mount Carmel in the middle of a drought and challenged 850 prophets to a fight. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another another podcast called The FORMED Podcast, training teachers in the local church.  Listen on YouTube Listen on Google Podcasts   Join Darin Sargent and me on another another another another podcast called The Lloyd and LeRoy Show, a podcast about nothing that might lead to something.  Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

The house of Israel was united, but not for long. You could feel the frost forming and rebellion brewing. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Building a house for a billionaire has to be a tall task. You don't want to disappoint. But how do you build a house for the God who created the billionaire and who owns the billions the billionaire thinks he owns? That was Solomon's tall task. And thanks to the wisdom God gave him, he was up to that tall task. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

The newly crowned King Solomon faced a major test as two mothers their case in front of him in a classic "she said, she said." With no eyewitnesses, evidence, or DNA test, how would he know who was right? Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Israel won their wars and enlarged their borders. Israel got richer and richer and richer and bigger and bigger and better and better. Life could not be better for David. For Israel. After a decade of living a nightmare, he was finally living the dream. Until. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

It was over. For what could have been around ten years, David had run for his life from the maniacal, insecure, paranoid, homicidal King Saul. He couldn't even sleep in his own bed because Saul sent his goons to bring him in so Saul could take him out. But it's over now. Soon he would be King David. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Saul was still tormented. He couldn't hear from God. He couldn't talk to Samuel because Samuel was gone. But Saul knew one way he could hear from Samuel or God or both. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

David was a fugitive: a hunted man, a wanted man. As long as he lived within the borders of Israel, there would always be just one step between him and death. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

At the end of the day, everyone in Israel and in Philistia, and now everyone around the world, could read the unbelievably bright white LED lights on the scoreboard in Samuel that still stands in the valley of Elah: God-1, Giants-0. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

When David came close, God spoke to Samuel and said, “Anoint him, he's the one.” Samuel lifted that full horn of oil over David's head, and he poured out the oil over David to anoint him to succeed Saul as the king in Israel. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Let's learn a lesson from the first king of Israel. It's not just important that we start strong. We must finish strong. And even if we didn't start strong, thank God because of His grace, and through His Spirit, we can still finish strong. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Israel asked Samuel to ask God to give them a king like all the neighboring nations. Soon, Israel would be led by a man, not by God. That transition was just a matter of time. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

It was a wooden box overlaid with gold, and it symbolized the presence of God. Israel thought it would guarantee a win, but it didn't. Their nemesis, the Philistines captured the Ark of the Covenant, but the Philistines soon discovered it was too much to take. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

This year everything would change when Hannah got to the house of God in Shiloh because this year, God was waiting with a miracle. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

It was only fifty miles away, but it was fifty miles in the wrong direction. Famine ravaged their beloved Bethlehem. They set out for a treacherous fifty-mile trek toward Moab just to find food. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

An angel promised Manoah's wife she would finally bear a son. Before the angel left, there, before God, they vowed a vow that their son would be separated unto God. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: a Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

It's one of the strangest sordid stories in Scripture. It's found in Judges 11. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: a Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes   Purchase my book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible   Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

A lot changes in forty years. Forty years ago, God fought for Israel against a savage Sisera and his savage soldiers. Now another nemesis cropped up and covered Israel like swarms of locusts. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

The game should have been over by halftime, but it wasn't. Israel's enemies had more men, more advanced weapons, and a more experienced general. But Israel had Almighty God. And that was enough. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

After Israel watched the flooded Jordan dry up, they were ready to follow Joshua anywhere. But when Joshua told them the battle plan against big, bad Jericho, they started looking around for another Joshua. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Judah was a roller coaster nation. We climb the high hills and steep valleys all throughout the Book of II Chronicles. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

God told Israel they had spent plenty of time, too much time, at the Mount Sinai Visitor's Center. God told them it was time to march. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

The tragedy of Ahithophel, chronicled in the middle of II Samuel, is a cautionary tale to be careful when our identity is wrapped up in what we do or what people know about us. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

This story appears to be one of the only stains on David's nearly spotless record. But it's a deep, dark stain. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

The church was cruising along with the top down and tunes up until we come to Acts 5, and God slammed on the brakes on this breakout revival. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Don't give away what cannot be bought for something that can. That's the tenor of the eighth commandment: thou shalt not steal. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

God made men and women so different, which is one reason having a happy, holy marriage takes work—and a heaping helping of understanding. How can we keep our marriages strong and keep them from the ravages and dangers of adultery? Listen to this week's episode to hear the answers.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Everyone wanted to know what this newly minted, thirty-year-old rabbi had to say about marriage. Was it valuable to Him, or could the marriage covenant be broken at any time for any reason? Listen to this week's episode to hear the answers.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Most of us will never do battle with the intentional, hateful decision to kill another person. Thank God for that. Most likely, most of us will never face the dilemma to take another human life to defend our own. Thank God for that. But all of us daily do battle with the war of how to wield our words. Listen to this week's episode to hear the answers.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

The sixth commandment from God to humanity was "Thou shalt not kill" (Exodus 20:13). But does that mean we can't a deer on a hunt or a fly on a windowsill? What about a burglar in self-defense? Listen to this week's episode to hear the answers.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Honor your father and mother. But how do we honor a parent who doesn't honor God? How do I honor a mom or dad I don't know? Do I still honor my parents when I'm a parent? Enjoy this week's episode to hear the answers.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Sometimes the most spiritual thing we can do is take a nap. God created rest, and God created us to rest. God created the Sabbath day to remind us to rest and to trust. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Two generals tell the story of how to carry out the third commandment: to carry the name of the Lord our God the right way. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

The first word was "no other gods." It dealt with whom we worship. This second word from God to Moses to Israel to us is "no graven images." It covers how we worship. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

First words matter. What would God's first word be? Would He give them turn-by-turn directions to help them wander through the wilderness? Would He teach them how to mine for water in the wilderness? Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Barabbas heard words he never dreamed in a million sunsets he'd ever hear. "Barabbas, you're free to go." Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

We lived in a land of party lines, long distance, collect calls, and my personal favorite, person-to-person calls. We were trying to save money, but Jochebed was trying to save much more than money. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Two of Joseph's friends in prison told Joseph their dreams, and those dreams paved the way for Joseph to make his way from the prison to the palace. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

One day, Joseph would be the boss. God gave him a dream that his dad, stepmom, and all eleven brothers would bow to him. He knew God gave him a destination, just not an ETA. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Jacob and Esau were only minutes apart, maybe seconds apart, because they were twins. Although they were born on the same day with the same DNA, these twin brothers could not have been more different. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

I'd love to know how that conversation went between ninety-nine-year-old Abraham and his ninety-year-old Sarah when she told him she was carrying their son. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Our theme song was a country song: it was “Heads Carolina, Tails California. I had just turned seventeen a few weeks earlier. My friend Ben and I had saved us about $300 each and we wanted to go somewhere on spring break before we both went off to college. We just didn't know where we wanted to go. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

They had the same business plan, they spoke the same language. They were going to build a tower to scrape the sky. With that level of unity and devotion, God knew they could do anything. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

After a year on board a boat with seven other family members and a literal boatload of animals, it was all over. Noah disembarked from the ark to live life after the flood. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.  Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts     Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

There's something about building something that's never been built before that makes you look silly when building it and genius when it's built. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

The first career day was a smashing success. Two sons. Two careers. Mom and Dad were happy, both brothers were happy. But that didn't last long. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

God designed and built Adam's first home. It was paradise in paradise. But one tree and one choice changed it all. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

On day six, God created His crowning creation: you and me. The psalmist wrote it right that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Enjoy this week's episode to hear that story.   At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify   Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life. Listen on Podbean Listen on Google Podcasts   Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q