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Talkin’ with God about Kings and Kingdoms

2Samuel 1

Three talking heads form the story: the narrator, an Amelekite, and David. Sounds funny until someone gets killed. What is the point of this story? Reality. The real world we live in and the real God who making His story in and for the real world we live in.

Talkin’ with God about Kings and Kingdoms

1Samuel 27-31

As we left David and Saul, they were both seemingly on point, the proverbial spear head. Now, both are dead heads, but one will lose a head and the other will become the Grateful Dead. Take this long strange trip with David and Saul, and draw closer to God so you to can be truckin’ with God.

Talkin’ with God about Kings and Kingdoms

1Samuel 26

David is spear heading God’s will in this comical adventure where David swipes Saul’s spear. Spear heading God’s will is all our comical adventure and David shows us how to do it , or maybe Saul shows us how not to do it.

Talkin’ with God about Kings and Kingdoms

1Samuel 25

Meet Abigail, woman of epic Godly wisdom. Meet David and Nabal, boys doing what boys do, being silly. Abigail towers over both as God’s providential agent. Also a word on polygamy and same gender relations.

alkin’ with God about Kings and Kingdoms

1 Samuel 21-24

David is on the run, and so are we. How do we find rest? The right WORD is the answer.

Talkin’ with God about Kings and Kingdoms

1Samuel 20

The most important thing for your life - Hesed! Steadfast love, loyalty, reliability, faithfulness are the heart of God’s will for our lives. Better than sex! David and Jonathan have it, and we all can do it even better than they did!

Talkin’ with God about Kings and Kingdoms

1 Samuel 18-19

Does God really send harmful spirits to some like Saul? Yes and no. The same Spirit of God’s goodness produces two reactions, happy gay and harmful pride. Are Jonathan and David really gay? Yes and no. If we read with faith, we see what’s going on and it may not be what we thought, but it’s easy to see once we see it. Make sense? Have a listen for yourself.

Talkin’ with God about Kings and Kingdoms

1Samuel 17

The story everybody knows and never gets old. The key to our identity in God - from God to us.

Talkin’ with God about Kings and Kingdoms

1Samuel 16

God looks on the heart. That’s what makes God, God! We look at too many dumb qualities for qualification, like height, wealth and status, but God looks on the heart. David, will make more mistakes than Saul, but his heart is right with God. God can handle our mistakes, and the issue is always an issue if the heart. Do we love God? David looks back to God’s promise of a king from Judah, but David is not the king of God’s eternal kingdom. So David will look forward to Jesus, from Judah out of Bethlehem. God is always bringing our story into his. Thank God!

Talkin’ with God about Kings and Kingdoms

1Samuel 15

Saul is busted, caught and empty. The lessons of Saul, tho, are for all of us. He is a paradox, on one hand he has successes and on the other hand he has failures. This episode, that God gives us, is full of paradox which is the place of our real learning. Wrath and mercy meet and it’s when they come together we have better understanding. God’s wrath on the Amalekites makes the mercy he is offering sweet and worth our faithfulness. Empty religious rituals are not God’s heart, joyful obedience is. He earns that and deserves that.