Episodes

Sunday Feb 20, 2022
God Helps Those Who Can’t Help Themselves
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
If you blow the dust off the Book of II Samuel, you'll see him sitting there. His name is hard to spell, even harder to pronounce. It's the story of five-year-old Mephibosheth. I told you it's hard to pronounce. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.
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Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify
Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life.
Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.
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Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Perfect Love
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
One year we enjoyed a week and a half in the Smoky Mountains. The girls wanted to wade through the water in Metcalf Bottoms, but I'm scared senseless of water. I wanted them to have a great time, but I wanted to stay out of the water. What to do, what to do? Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.
Purchase my new book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words
Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible
Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify
Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life.
Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.
Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Sunday Feb 06, 2022
The I Am
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
I went to a children's camp service one Thursday evening in the summer. At the beginning of the service, we nibbled on some fun fare of fast songs complete with all the motions. But when the choir sang, I was pleasantly surprised at what they sang. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.
Purchase my new book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words
Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible
Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify
Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life.
Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.
Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Sunday Jan 30, 2022
A Christian’s Toughest Tool
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
When God called me to be a preacher, I gathered as many tools as I could to be the best preacher I could be. But very soon I found out I missed two tools every preacher, every Christian, must use. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.
Purchase my new book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words
Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible
Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify
Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life.
Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.
Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Do You See What I See?
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
I love optical illusions—where one person sees one thing but another sees another. We don't always see everything the same way. That's true with Jesus. He sees what most of us can't see. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.
Purchase my new book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words
Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible
Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify
Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life.
Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.
Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Sunday Jan 16, 2022
There’s Much More Where That Came From
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
A routine workday just proved to be the greatest day of his life. By the end of the story, he had gained immeasurably more than he had given up. Who is he? What did he find? Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story.
Purchase my new book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words
Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible
Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify
Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life.
Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.
Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Homemade Disciples
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
For fourteen chapters, the spotlight never shines on Simon. But for one verse the spotlight shone on him to show us what really matters to God. Enjoy this week's episode to hear about it.
Purchase my new book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words
Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible
Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify
Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life.
Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.
Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Savor
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
A few years ago, the lovely Andrea and I were enjoying a lunch date trying to figure out how to make the newborn year better than the last year. It occurred to us: savor. Enjoy this week's episode to hear about it.
Purchase my new book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words
Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible
Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify
Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life.
Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.
Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Sunday Dec 26, 2021
My Second Favorite Name of God
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
My favorite name for God came at the end of 400 years of silence when an angel entrusted God's holy name to a terrified teenage girl and her blue-collar carpenter fiancée: thou shalt call His name Jesus for He shall save His people from their sins. But I have a second favorite name for God. Enjoy this week's episode to hear it.
Purchase my new book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words
Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible
Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify
Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life.
Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.
Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

Sunday Dec 19, 2021
The Amen
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
There are a lot of names for God we read in His Word: Elohim, El Elyon, El Shaddai, but one at the very end of the Bible helps me keep my faith. Enjoy this week's episode to hear it.
Purchase my new book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words
Listen to Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments on Audible at Ten Words on Audible
Purchase the devotional Simplify—which launched the podcast— at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/search?q=simplify
Join me on another podcast called God's Word for Life to help us better learn and live out God's Word for Life.
Join me on another another podcast called The Preacher and the Policeman, where Lt. Andy Burns and I mix in current events with the gospel and do our best to add a heaping helping of humor.
Music provided by: Positive Happy by PeriTune https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/TutcA4JPa7Q

