You've all heard stories about Samuel, God's prophet who anointed David.

BUT what can we learn about his mother, Hannah?

I'm praying you'll find this episode comforting, encouraging, and hopeful, just like I did. It was a therapeutic one for ya girl.

Sources:

I Samuel 1-2 KJV, thetalmud.com, CrossWalk, Britannica, "Women of the Bible", Strong's Concordance

A giant and a shepherd boy king face each other on the battlefield...

Sounds like the entry tagline to a bad joke, huh? 'Cept it really happened.

HOW did a teenager have more guts and faith than the entire Israelite army?

WHY was he even chosen to be king in the first place?

Let's find out!

Sources: I Sam. 13; 15; 17; II Sam. 5:7; Acts 13:21-22 KJV; Dr. James Keever, Unity Baptist Church; Deepen Podcast with Pastor Joby Martin; Charles Martin; Sonovia Williams

2 out of 10 odds isn't great;

BUT when God is on the side of the two? The ten are WAYYYYY outnumbered.

Let's talk about the twelve spies of Israel, their journey into the land of milk & honey, and why faith has NEVER been logical.

Drop the logic. Drop the comfort zone dwelling.

JUMP into faith!

Sources:

Exodus 17; Numbers 13 & 14; Deuteronomy 1; Joshua

Dr James Keever, Unity Baptist Church

You ever wrestled with the Lord?

I have. A lot. I am (admittedly) what the Word refers to as a "stiffnecked" woman.

But I've found that without no conflict, there can be no blessings, no proclaiming of God's Great Glory and His Sovereignty.

And that's what Jacob learns in Genesis 32.

Sources: Genesis Chapters 25, 27, 28-32 KJV

Dr. James Keever

"Grace Digital Network:, YouTube

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Our finale on the Apostle Paul covers the books of Romans, I & II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, and more. By no means a comprehensive study OR complete one, it's hard to do such a great apostle justice when there's SO MUCH spiritual meat in these chapters! Tune in to learn more in depth about WHY Christ came to Earth and the origins of imputed righteousness on this episode of Branded by Grace.

Sources:

Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, I & II Corinthians, I & II Thessalonians, Titus, I & II Timothy, Philemon... KJV Only

Dr. James Keever, Unity Independent Baptist Church "6 Week Study on Galatians"

Pastor Joby Martin, Church of Eleven22/Deepen Podcast, "Run Over by the Grace Train"

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This week we cover Paul's adventures with Silas & Timothy, Luke, and Apollos as he journeys throughout Galatia, Phrygia, Jerusalem, and finally; Rome.

Sources: Acts Chapters 16-28 KJV

Week ONE of THREE.

Apostle Paul is considered our role model as Gentile Christians; but do you realize he's the proof that God's Grace knows no bounds? Paul killed Christians before he was converted on the road to Damascus. The other disciples were terrified of him because they believed he would come after them next. BUT. Their fears were unfounded.

How many times do we worry about something that will never happen? Instead, we were blessed with an apostle that wrote over half of the New Testament AND established our infallible spiritual doctrine. Peter might have my heart, but Paul shares a close second.

Acts of the Apostles Chapters 7-16, KJV

Pastor Joby Martin, Deepen Podcast

Dr. James Keever, Unity Independent Baptist Church

Join me as I navigate the short story of King David's third wife, the beauty of Carmel; Abigail. A true woman of grace, beauty, and humility, she saves her household, along with her idiot husband from David's wrath after the latter decides to belittle the future king.

Sources: I Samuel 24-25 KJV

If you’re anything like me, we LOVE an underdog story.

Rocky Balboa, Rudy, Seabiscuit…you name it, we’re here for it.

And the Bible? Well, it’s chock FULL of underdogs. In fact, God specializes in making underdogs into TOP dogs.

1. David was a shepherd boy that became king.

2. Simon Peter was a mouthy fisherman who became one of the GREATEST preachers and apostles in Biblical history.

3. Mary Magdalene was formerly a prostitute possessed by demons who anointed our Lord’s feet with oil.

4. Paul? An overly educated Pharisee who murdered dozens of Christians, forsook all to follow Christ after being blinded on the Damascus Road.

See where I’m going here?

And Esther’s no exception. Stay tuned to find out how a young Jewish girl became queen of an empire AND saved the ENTIRE race of her people from extinction by risking life & limb to reveal her heritage to her husband.

Sources:

The Book of Esther

Dr James Keever, Unity Independent Baptist Church “Sunday School Lesson on Esther” from YouTube

https://youtu.be/c3pEX-_8tCs?si=gsSrzDiCUyFSA-_x

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Welcome back to the next part of season one!! Everyone’s heard about Daniel in the lions’ den; but did you know that the king who threw him in there DIDN’T want to?!

Yeah, neither did I. Daniel once again shows uncompromising, reckless faith in God, & God (of course) once again, shows up as He always does.

Come listen to my lame ‘Lion King’ jokes, me threatening to sell my brother’s German Shepherd, & find out what infamous racehorse Secretariat has to do with Daniel & the lions.

Sources: Daniel 6, KJV

Dr James Keever, Unity Independent Baptist Church

Secretariat, Penny Chenery