Over these last four and a half years and 245 episodes, it has been a joy getting to walk closer with Jesus as we have walked through Simplify. Thank you to all you loyal listeners. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pent...
Dec 31, 2023•4 min•Ep 249•Transcript available on Metacast In a region in Israel that was more Gentile than Jewish, in a region carpeted in deep darkness, God promised through Isaiah that He would shine glorious light. Enjoy this week's special Christmas episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Loo...
Dec 24, 2023•16 min•Ep 248•Transcript available on Metacast Isaiah's Immanuel. Our Immanuel. One was born to be a sign; One was born to be the Savior. Enjoy this week's special Christmas episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/produc...
Dec 17, 2023•15 min•Ep 247•Transcript available on Metacast Elijah stood on top of Mount Carmel in the middle of a drought and challenged 850 prophets to a fight. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten...
Dec 10, 2023•17 min•Ep 246•Transcript available on Metacast The house of Israel was united, but not for long. You could feel the frost forming and rebellion brewing. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/...
Dec 03, 2023•15 min•Ep 245•Transcript available on Metacast Building a house for a billionaire has to be a tall task. You don’t want to disappoint. But how do you build a house for the God who created the billionaire and who owns the billions the billionaire thinks he owns? That was Solomon’s tall task. And thanks to the wisdom God gave him, he was up to that tall task. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the ...
Nov 26, 2023•13 min•Ep 244•Transcript available on Metacast The newly crowned King Solomon faced a major test as two mothers their case in front of him in a classic "she said, she said." With no eyewitnesses, evidence, or DNA test, how would he know who was right? Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes Purchase my book...
Nov 19, 2023•10 min•Ep 243•Transcript available on Metacast Israel won their wars and enlarged their borders. Israel got richer and richer and richer and bigger and bigger and better and better. Life could not be better for David. For Israel. After a decade of living a nightmare, he was finally living the dream. Until. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/prod...
Nov 12, 2023•17 min•Ep 242•Transcript available on Metacast It was over. For what could have been around ten years, David had run for his life from the maniacal, insecure, paranoid, homicidal King Saul. He couldn’t even sleep in his own bed because Saul sent his goons to bring him in so Saul could take him out. But it’s over now. Soon he would be King David. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes a...
Nov 05, 2023•14 min•Ep 241•Transcript available on Metacast Saul was still tormented. He couldn’t hear from God. He couldn’t talk to Samuel because Samuel was gone. But Saul knew one way he could hear from Samuel or God or both. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the ...
Oct 29, 2023•16 min•Ep 240•Transcript available on Metacast David was a fugitive: a hunted man, a wanted man. As long as he lived within the borders of Israel, there would always be just one step between him and death. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Comman...
Oct 22, 2023•13 min•Ep 239•Transcript available on Metacast At the end of the day, everyone in Israel and in Philistia, and now everyone around the world, could read the unbelievably bright white LED lights on the scoreboard in Samuel that still stands in the valley of Elah: God-1, Giants-0. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the...
Oct 15, 2023•16 min•Ep 238•Transcript available on Metacast When David came close, God spoke to Samuel and said, “Anoint him, he’s the one.” Samuel lifted that full horn of oil over David’s head, and he poured out the oil over David to anoint him to succeed Saul as the king in Israel. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatit...
Oct 08, 2023•12 min•Ep 237•Transcript available on Metacast Let’s learn a lesson from the first king of Israel. It’s not just important that we start strong. We must finish strong. And even if we didn’t start strong, thank God because of His grace, and through His Spirit, we can still finish strong. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-loo...
Oct 01, 2023•13 min•Ep 236•Transcript available on Metacast Israel asked Samuel to ask God to give them a king like all the neighboring nations. Soon, Israel would be led by a man, not by God. That transition was just a matter of time. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look ...
Sep 24, 2023•14 min•Ep 235•Transcript available on Metacast It was a wooden box overlaid with gold, and it symbolized the presence of God. Israel thought it would guarantee a win, but it didn't. Their nemesis, the Philistines captured the Ark of the Covenant, but the Philistines soon discovered it was too much to take. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/prod...
Sep 17, 2023•14 min•Ep 234•Transcript available on Metacast This year everything would change when Hannah got to the house of God in Shiloh because this year, God was waiting with a miracle. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes Purchase my book Ten Words: A Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecosta...
Sep 10, 2023•12 min•Ep 233•Transcript available on Metacast It was only fifty miles away, but it was fifty miles in the wrong direction. Famine ravaged their beloved Bethlehem. They set out for a treacherous fifty-mile trek toward Moab just to find food. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: A Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes Purchase my book Ten Words...
Sep 03, 2023•15 min•Ep 232•Transcript available on Metacast An angel promised Manoah's wife she would finally bear a son. Before the angel left, there, before God, they vowed a vow that their son would be separated unto God. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: a Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes Purchase my book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten ...
Aug 27, 2023•16 min•Ep 231•Transcript available on Metacast It's one of the strangest sordid stories in Scripture. It's found in Judges 11. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Blessed Are: a Practical Look at the Beatitudes at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/a-practical-look-at-the-beatitudes Purchase my book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Wo...
Aug 20, 2023•14 min•Ep 230•Transcript available on Metacast A lot changes in forty years. Forty years ago, God fought for Israel against a savage Sisera and his savage soldiers. Now another nemesis cropped up and covered Israel like swarms of locusts. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest 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 C...
Aug 13, 2023•15 min•Ep 229•Transcript available on Metacast The game should have been over by halftime, but it wasn't. Israel's enemies had more men, more advanced weapons, and a more experienced general. But Israel had Almighty God. And that was enough. Enjoy this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest 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 Te...
Aug 06, 2023•15 min•Ep 228•Transcript available on Metacast After Israel watched the flooded Jordan dry up, they were ready to follow Joshua anywhere. But when Joshua told them the battle plan against big, bad Jericho, they started looking around for another Joshua. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Listen to Ten Words: a Practica...
Jul 30, 2023•11 min•Ep 227•Transcript available on Metacast Judah was a roller coaster nation. We climb the high hills and steep valleys all throughout the Book of II Chronicles. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest 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 devotiona...
Jul 23, 2023•17 min•Ep 226•Transcript available on Metacast God told Israel they had spent plenty of time, too much time, at the Mount Sinai Visitor's Center. God told them it was time to march. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest 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 Purcha...
Jul 10, 2023•14 min•Ep 225•Transcript available on Metacast The tragedy of Ahithophel, chronicled in the middle of II Samuel, is a cautionary tale to be careful when our identity is wrapped up in what we do or what people know about us. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest 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...
Jul 09, 2023•17 min•Ep 224•Transcript available on Metacast This story appears to be one of the only stains on David's nearly spotless record. But it's a deep, dark stain. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest 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 Simpl...
Jul 02, 2023•16 min•Ep 223•Transcript available on Metacast The church was cruising along with the top down and tunes up until we come to Acts 5, and God slammed on the brakes on this breakout revival. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest 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...
Jun 25, 2023•13 min•Ep 222•Transcript available on Metacast Don't give away what cannot be bought for something that can. That's the tenor of the eighth commandment: thou shalt not steal. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest 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 ...
Jun 18, 2023•14 min•Ep 221•Transcript available on Metacast God made men and women so different, which is one reason having a happy, holy marriage takes work—and a heaping helping of understanding. How can we keep our marriages strong and keep them from the ravages and dangers of adultery? Listen to this week's episode to hear the answers. At PentecostalPublishing.com, use promo code SIMPLIFY to save 10% off your order Purchase my newest book Ten Words: a Practical Look at the Ten Commandments at https://pentecostalpublishing.com/products/ten-words Liste...
Jun 11, 2023•14 min•Ep 220•Transcript available on Metacast 
