Jesus had some very stern words for people who harmed the least of these among us. He was concerned for children and wanted to protect them. God loves our kids more than we ever could.
(Note: Contains Scriptural interpretation opinions on Gender and Abortion issues)

Jesus returns as King of Heaven’s kingdom on Earth. And he has a message to be shared. But the people he chooses to share it aren’t always the ones we would assume. 

Moses had told of the day when God would bring another prophet to lead Israel. But when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and not a warhorse, he failed to meet up to the expectations of the people. 

Moses said God would raise up prophets from Israel. He reminded them that they had been scared to have God too close so he said he would speak through prophets. 
But he knew the temptation to look into the future through dark arts and fortune tellers was going to be there. So he promised that he would speak through prophets and eventually through his own Son, living as one of us. 

After all the ups and downs, Israel was overthrown and carried into exile by Assyria. 
Now, the kingdom of Judah was all that was left. King Hezekiah brought some reforms, but those quickly fell away. What’s worse is that the Book of the Law—their Bible—was lost!
Hezekiah’s great-grandson Josiah became king at 8 years old. 16 years later he saw the futility in all the idol worship and he went on a reformer’s rampage and cleansed the land of all idols and other evils and then they celebrated the Passover for the first time in forever. 

Plus, we had The Krispy Rooster outside with amazing food! So that’s a win!

We missed a week of recording when we had a guest preacher. (Solomon built a temple and invited God to dwell in it.) Ultimately, God chose for his Son to dwell among us as for a while. Now, rather than a temple built with human hands, the Holy Spirit dwells in our midst. 
This week, we are looking at what happened when Solomon turned away from God and how it affected the kingdom when his son Rehoboam became king. 

In Psalm 3, we see a very sad story where David and his family and officials had to make a tactical decision to flee the royal city because his very own son was committing treason.
However, this had been directly because of David's own sins in the past which had caught up to him. How did he react and where do we see ourselves in this story?

David was on the run from Saul. While he was out, he had a group of men with him. They ran a sort of protection racket to protect the local sheep ranchers. One in particular was a wicked-hearted man named Nabal. When David's men were insulted by Nabal, David was ready to slay every male in his household. The attack was only stopped by the quick and decisive actions of Nabal's wife, Abigail.

After Saul rejected God and found himself rejected as king, God sent Samuel the prophet to anoint a man after his own heart; Samuel went to the house of Jesse and found a couple great looking specimens. But they weren't the ones God had chosen. Instead, He had picked the young boy David who was out with the sheep. God looks at our hearts...

We continue the series called "Building the Kingdom". This week we see how the people of God had rejected him, but now the Chosen King (Saul) had rejected God. In turn, God rejects Saul as King and selects another...