God’s name, God’s character, is revealed in his creation. Indeed, this is the reason why he made everything. God created the universe, God created earth, God created you and me to be an expression of his name, an expression of his glory. Is that possible? Can you and I be an expression of this unmatched glorious God?

David believed in God’s worldwide sovereignty. He was not just king over Israel. He was king over the world and David envisioned a time when all nations of the world will assemble before God the King.

The God who disciplined David is the same loving Father who disciplines us for our good.

The grace of God, the complete forgiveness and acceptance by God did not lead David back into sin. Instead, it made David pursue God more.

The Bible uses strong words to describe God’s attitude toward evil – The Lord hates, the Lord abhors, the Lord detests, the Lord destroys. They are not words we are accustomed to hearing today, but some people give themselves over so fully to evil that they become the objects of God’s wrath. Let’s learn more about this today as we explore Psalm 5.

Today we find ourselves in Psalm 4, another psalm of David and another psalm where he experienced difficulties because of his enemies. If you remember, in our previous messages, we talked about Psalm 3 and the foes David faced and the lies they were telling to David or about David. In Psalm 4 we are going to find something similar but we will see new responses that David has toward his enemies and new truths about God. These are truths all of us must know and can apply.

We are studying Psalm 3, a psalm written by David when the nation erupted into civil war because of the rebellion of his son Absalom. We learned that David’s enemies were many, they organized and they came against him with a pack of lies. What were these lies? They were ones we face today!

The year was about 1000 BC. King David was in firm control of the Jewish nation. He was making all the right decisions, he was blessed by God, the promise of the kingdom was given to him and to his descendants forever, a temple would be built by one of his sons for the glory and praise of God, and then it happened. At the height of his success David fell into sin with Bathsheba. They committed adultery which led to an unsuccessful cover-up which led to a murder which led to another cover-up...

Jesus has come to claim the nations for God. Jesus has come to quiet the rebellion of the earth, to subdue the nations of the world, and to reinstate the reign of God. Today we are going to discover how he does this and how you and I get to be part of it.

What makes God laugh? Did you know that God laughs? Three times in Psalms it says this. Today, we are going to learn one surprising reason why he laughs and how this can bring great comfort to our souls.

You would not heed the counsel of a wicked person, would you? Of course not, but wait until you hear the story of what happened in a Christian school in our country!

The first word of the first chapter in the book of Psalms is “happy.” The last word in Psalm 1 is perish. It is as if the writer is saying, “I am holding out two paths for you. One brings happiness, one will cause you to perish. Which path will you choose?”

The Book of Psalms covers every range of emotion - from grief to joy, from sorrow to praise. In this introductory message, learn about this book that is among the favorites for all God's people.

Your backgound does not matter, your past does not matter, your sins and failures do not matter. You can be filled up with the fullness of God!

Paul uses imagery from the agricultural world and the building world to show us what our priorities should be in prayer - to go deep into the love of God.

Learn how Christ can dwell in your daily experience. When we come to Christ, we get all of him, but he does he get all of us?

To be filled up with God, we must have our inner person strengthened. This is what Paul asks for, for our inner man to grow strong by faith. What does this mean for us?

Ephesians 3:14-21 contains one of Paul's most majestic prayers. In it, he prays through a sequence of steps that God takes his people through so that they can be filled up to God's fullness. Listen today, learn the four steps, and add them to your praying.

Paul's prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21 is among his most beautiful, but it almost did not get prayed. Learn why!

We conclude our series, The Edomite Enigma, by looking at Romans 9:10-13 in the wider context of Romans 9. From this wider view we learn that we must interpret Romans 9 historically, in its first-century context and let the history preceding it be our guide to a proper understanding.

Studying the background to Paul's words in Romans 9 has presented many intriguing enigmas for the Calvinist interpretation of his words. In this episode I present one final enigma. Throughout the years, many have characterized Esau and his descendants in an unfair way, even a grotesque way, but the Calvinist depiction may be the most grotesque of all.

The conclusion of the Jacob/Esau stories finishes our journey from Paul's day, through the intertestamental period, to the prophets, the monarchy, and the first encounter between Israel and Edom. What can this history teach us about Esau, his children, and Paul's words in Romans 9:10-13?

After Jacob stole the blessing from Esau, Esau vowed to kill his brother. Jacob fled and was away for 20 years. Then, he returned and had to face who brother who approached him with 400 men. Would Esau exact revenge, or would God's grace win the day?

It was wrong for Esau to sell his birthright for a meal, and we can question why Jacob would manipulate his brother in that situation, but when it comes to the blessing, the sin is obvious for all - Jacob lied to his father's face and stole the blessing. But when Esau learned that the blessing was gone, he asked for a blessing also. Did Isaac bless his son Esau, after all?