Tall Paul's Preaching

Episode 22 wraps up the 2019 season with a Christmas message titled, “The Greatest Gift.” This episode was recorded on Sunday December 8th of 2019 and it is all about the greatest gift of Jesus and being adopted into God’s family. It starts with a history of Christmas and the need for Jesus, then talks about my daughter’s adoption of 3 girls, and concludes with Galatians 4 and Romans 8.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Veterans Day, in this episode we explore some Bible veterans that exemplify some of our military’s famous mottos. This episode is titled “Bible Veterans: No Greater Love” and was recorded on Sunday November 10th, 2019. We match some military mottos with Bible characters that exemplify the motto and then look at the greatest service member of all time, Jesus.

In this episode we take a look at the famous showdown battle between Elijah and the 850 false prophets. This sermon covers 4 chapters of 1st Kings starting in chapter 16 from the rise of Ahab and Jezebel to the still small voice of God Elijah hears while hiding in a cave. This episode was originally recorded on Sunday October 13th, 2019.

In episode 19 we explore those who are blind; physically or spiritually. We take a close look at the gospel of John chapter 9 where a man born blind receives his sight and explore why the ‘who’ is way more important than the ‘how’ a person can now see. What does it mean to be blind and who does it take to be able to see? This sermon was originally recorded on Sunday September 8th, 2019.

Episode 18 was recorded on Sunday August 11th, 2019 and it is simply titled “Today.” This sermon is all about living and experiencing life with God today by grace, and not worrying about the past or what will happen tomorrow. Learn to live for today like you are on vacation. This sermon also explores the Luke 10 Mary and Martha event as well as a time when Tall Paul got lost in the woods.

Episode 17 is titled “David vs. Goliath” which of course takes a look at the famous event where, David, a young and future king defeats the giant Goliath with a mere slung stone. The heroics of David are then related how that God can use you just as you are. The main scripture for the event can be found in 1st Samuel chapters 16 and 17. This sermon was originally recorded on Sunday July 14th, 2019.

Episode 16 was recorded on Sunday June 9th of 2019, and it is titled “Basics Of Christianity.” This sermon explores how important the Bible, the Word of God, is to Christianity and then looks at the Sin problem, the good news of the Gospel, Jesus as Savior, and salvation by grace through faith. The referenced Bible verses for this episode are: Matthew 22:67, Romans 6:23, 1st Corinthians 15, John 14:6, Ephesians 2:8-9, 1st John 1:9, and 1st Peter 1:23.

Episode 15 was recorded on Mother’s Day, May 12th of 2019 and is titled “Sacrificial Love.” This episode relates a mother’s love to her children with gardening and producing fruit. The main Bible verses for this sermon on planting God’s word in our hearts and growing strong are: 1st Corinthians 15 and Luke 6.

Episode 14 was recorded on Palm Sunday on April 14th, 2019 and it is all about Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. This exploration of the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem riding on a donkey starts in Daniel 9 and then touches each of the four gospels that mentions that special day in Matthew 21 and 22, Mark 11, Luke 19, and John chapter 12 along with some other scriptures and the episode ends with a review of John chapter 3.

Episode 13 was recorded at the end of some crazy March weather on March 31st of 2019. This sermon relates the weather of March, coming in like a lion and out like a lamb, to Jesus as both a lion of the tribe of Judah and as the Lamb of God. This episode takes a look at lions and lambs in the Bible and then closes with the main scripture of the Revelation chapter 5.