Baldhead Bible Podcast

Five Kings of Northern Israel, and five Kings that it was said of them that they did evil continuously. What sins do you have to commit that the Lord writes EVIL over your story? It comes down to one basic thing, and you know what it is? Well, listen to this week's podcast to find out.

This week we get to learn about a King called Asa. We nearly named one of our sons after him and his inspiring story. I hope this week's story will encourage you to not give up on doing what is right, even though no one around you wants to. You can easily get discouraged when you feel you are the only one trying to live for the Lord. I hope Asa's story will encourage you to keep doing the hard wor...

Two Kings who had every chance to do great. They were given blessing upon blessing by God. All they had to do was follow God and Him alone, and their thrones and reigns would be established forever. But their choices revealed their true hearts, and at the end of their lives, they were known as men who did evil in the sight of the Lord. Why? What was their great downfall? Listen on to find out.

Rehoboam is the King of Judah; Jeroboam is the King of Northern Israel. Sadly, Jeroboam is leading the 10 northern tribes away from the worship of Yahweh towards worshipping false gods. He began his own priesthood and his own sacred and high places. He created two golden calves where the people of Northern Israel came to pay homage to these false gods. Today's story shows God's grace to call His p...

Rehoboam is the son of King Solomon and has inherited the throne from Father. At the age of 41, he ascends the throne and is now King of Israel. He heads to the town of Shechem to be crowned, but waiting for him is his Father's adversary: Jeroboam. Jeroboam has a proposal for him, and answering Jeroboam will change the course of both their lives. Listen on to find out how.

King Solomon has been granted wisdom from God. God has also blessed him with wealth beyond comprehension and success on every front for the nation he rules. God has rewarded him again and again, giving Solomon blessing upon blessing. So what does Solomon do in response? He starts worshipping other gods. Why did he do that? And how dumb can the wisest man in the world be? Listen on to find out.

Solomon is now the ruler of Israel. He inherits a kingdom that has its problems, but he also inherits a kingdom on the verge of breathtaking prosperity. Solomon sees the task before him, and it must seem daunting. But what is he to do? How is he to manage it all? He goes to sleep, overwhelmed by the thought of ruling as King, and then something happens. Something truly amazing. What is it? Listen...

This is the final chapter in David's story here on earth. The man who went from shepherd boy to King, from the sweet psalmist of Israel to murderer. He was a complicated individual. But through it all, this one thing was constant, he was passionately loyal to one God and one God only: Yahweh. As usual, David cannot just go quietly into that good night. Hear the exciting last days of David on this...

David is near the end of his life as we come to the end of 2 Samuel. In this story, we hear about David's last great transgression against the Lord, that of taking a census improperly. But there are some fascinating dimensions to this story that you have to hear, such as why the Lord incites David to sin by taking this census? Why is it the Lord inciting David in 2 Samuel, but in the parallel pass...

David is nearing the end of his life, and he is officially getting old. As David comes to the end of his life, he wants to remind the world of the 37 mighty men that helped him rise to power and his battles against Saul and later the Philistines. Who were these mighty men? What did they do? Listen on to hear stories of some of their exciting exploits.

We are nearing the end of the life of David. In many ways, his story is coming to an end. The writer of 2 Samuel now pulls some exciting moments from David's life and places them in conjunction with a beautiful Psalm written by David. One of those moments that the writer picks is David and his men fighting giants named Goliath and Ishbi Benob. And one unusual giant who could probably type this sum...

David won and defeated Absalom. He is now KIng, for a second time. Great. But now what? How will David retake the throne? Will Israel accept him back with open arms? Is there another usurper around the corner waiting to try to stab David in the back? Listen on to this week's episode to find out.

David has to fight. Absalom has amassed his army of 12,000 soldiers and is ready to take on David's army of only 2 - 4,000 men. Vastly outnumbered, David will surely lose this battle. Or will he? David is considered a military genius, and he has a plan. Plus, he has Yahweh on his side; could he ever lose? Listen on to find out what happens.

Hope. This week's episode is all about two perspectives on hope: one man in the depths of despair that still has some, and the other, at the top of the power structure, next to the King, who has none. How can this be? And who are they? Listen to this week's episode to find out.

David and Absalom are finally reconciled . . . or are they? Absalom is working behind David's back, building a coalition of the discontented. And now is the time to spring the trap. WIll Absalom be successful? Will David lose his throne to his son? Listen on to find out.

It looks like Amnon, the Crown Prince of Israel, got away with a heinous crime committed against his half-sister Tamar. It was a travesty that his father, King David, did nothing to enact some sense of justice in the situation. Amnon got off scot-free . . . or did he? There was someone watching; it was Tamar's brother Absalom. And he knew what happened. And like a patient hunter stalking his prey,...

WARNING: THIS EPISODE HAS ADULT LEVEL CONTENT. Sadly, I have to use that disclaimer at the front, but it also reminds me once again of how scripture does not pull any punches. It tells the best and the worst of the people that inhabit its pages, and here is an example of the worst of humanity. This is one of the saddest stories in the Bible and one that I wish had never occurred. But it is also a...

David has just had committed adultery with Bathsheba, had Uriah the Hittite murdered, and now has a new beautiful wife and bouncing baby boy to boot. All looks great in the David household. But then, God comes to Nathan the prophet and tells him a story that he wants told to David. What is that story? Turn to 2 Samuel 12, and then listen to this podcast to find out.

This week's episode marks a turning point for the story of David. At this point, before he goes on the roof of his house before he makes bad choice after bad choice, things are going great for David. God has just promised that from him would come a kingdom that would last forever, he was at rest from his enemies on all sides, and he had acquired so much territory for Israel that it was the largest...

David is now King and has rested for himself and Israel from their enemies. So as David has to do less running and less fighting, he has time to sit, and quite often, he sat before the Lord. One day he came up with a brilliant idea: to build a temple for Lord. Why should David have such a great house, yet the Ark of God is still housed in a tent? So he asks Nathan, the prophet, can he build the Lo...

David has just been crowned King. In his first days on the throne, he has to fight the Philistine army TWICE, and we get to see how Yahweh moves in miraculous ways on his behalf. He then decides to bring the Ark of the Covenant back to the center of Jewish life. He wants to bring the Ark to Jerusalem. It sounds simple enough, or is it? Listen to this week's episode to find out triumph and tragedy...

In this episode, David is finally crowned King of all Israel. Samuel anointed him as the new King 15 years earlier, and now, at the age of 30, David becomes Israel's new king. But it wasn't easy, and it was quite a bloody affair. Hear how it all happened in today's podcast.

We start a new series on the life of David as King. What was it like to be King of Israel? How did David do as King of Israel? What were his successes, and what were his failures as King? To be King, you have to rise to become King, so we start in 2 Samuel with David as he begins his rise, and it all starts with one of the strangest battles you've ever heard.

He started so well, but in the end, it was said of him that the Lord killed him because of his "breach of faith" and because "he did not seek guidance from the Lord." How did Saul die, and how did he end up in such a sorry state? Listen to today's episode and determine not to end up like Saul.

It is a bad day for David. First, he was about to battle with the Philistines against his hometown people, the Israelites. Then he gets back home and what they discover makes his valiant men want to stone him. What has happened, and where is God in the middle of all this? Listen to this week's podcast to find out.