Britt David Podcast

Send us Fan Mail There are over 143 million orphans in the world today. Less than a million of them will ever be adopted. The rest are forced to live with feelings of isolation and abandonment. Jesus, however, never does that with His children. We were all spiritual orphans at one time, but we’ve been adopted, and God is our Abba Father. Through His Holy Spirit, Jesus never leaves us abandoned.

Send us Fan Mail Today we come to a passage that has made many a Christian raise an eyebrow and wonder if they are doing something wrong in their Christian life or if maybe they have just missed out on something. Here Jesus promises, “Greater works than these will he do.” If you assume that means you will heal the sick, the lame, the blind, the deaf, if you assume that means you will calm the stor...

Send us Fan Mail If Jesus is preparing His disciples in John 14 for the “new normal” of living life and ministering without His physical presence among them, then His words here are intensely appropriate and applicable for us. We live and minister beyond His physical presence. However, in reality, His presence is ever with us. And it is His presence that gives us power for living.

Send us Fan Mail  In John’s Gospel and in his Book of Revelation, John refers to Jesus as The Word. We would liken it to a nickname. But why call Him that? I think maybe because words are the expressions of our thoughts, and the Book of Hebrews says that Jesus is the true and perfect expression of Who God is. So, if God the Son is the absolute reflection of God the Father, then I know that I can a...

Send us Fan Mail Between the economy and potential climate change and the ever-present threat of terrorism, there seem to be fewer and fewer certainties in life. They say the only certainties are death and taxes, but the IRS has rendered even taxes as unreliable. So, where can you find stability? In the Person of Jesus Christ. He never changes; you can always count on Him.

Send us Fan Mail The Psalmist David wrote, “I was glad when they said unto me, ‘Let us go to the House of the Lord.’” We should be glad to be invited, and we should be glad to go. Church attendance is foundationally important for the Christian, and we need to make sure that we are there in the Lord’s House, on the Lord’s Day, with the Lord’s people, hearing form the Lord’s Word. Let us arise and g...

Send us Fan Mail Going to church on Sunday is no longer the norm in America and not even in what was considered the Bible Belt. Fifteen years ago, according to Barna Research, just under half of all American adults claimed to attend church at least once a month – 48%. Early in 2020, that same research showed that number had dropped to 29%, way less than a third. We really don’t need research resul...

Send us Fan Mail   Jesus loves me, this I know / For the Bible tells me so . We learned this song as children. About that same time we learned, For God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son . Those lessons need to be taught again and again to each generation. Jesus loves every boy and every girl, and He wants every one of them to be saved!

Send us Fan Mail As churches all over America prepare for Vacation Bible Schools, there is an intense focus on reaching children with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Some object, saying, “Those children are too young to know what they are doing.” Be careful, you may find yourself on the wrong end of Jesus’ comments to His own disciples in Mark 10. We want to create a clear path for boys and girls to c...

Send us Fan Mail We measure height by inches, feet, even yards. We measure weight by ounces and pounds. Those numbers may tell me how big I am – both how tall and how wide. But they cannot tell me how much I have grown spiritually. For that we look to the meaningful milestone moments that God has given to us. And, like Jeremiah said, we can glory that we understand and know Him, that He is the Lor...

Send us Fan Mail We measure age the same way we do time: in seconds and minutes and hours and days and weeks and months and years. The number of trips around the sun may tell you how old you are, but it cannot measure how good my life has been, how meaningful, how impactful. We measure that in milestones, those wonderfully unforgettable moments when God does something really special. So, we celebr...

Send us Fan Mail The Ascension of Christ is more than just another event, another miracle, in the life and ministry of Jesus. It contains the authoritative framework whereby we have assurances of God’s promises. One of those assurances He gives us is the ability to do His will here until He returns. We call these Spiritual Gifts, and every born-again believer has been given at least one. Now you a...

Send us Fan Mail The Ascension of Christ is more than just another event, another miracle, in the life and ministry of Jesus. It contains the authoritative framework whereby we have assurances of God’s promises. One of those assurances He gives us is the reality of our own salvation, our own soon-coming deliverance. Because Jesus died, was buried, came to life again, and ascended into heaven, I ca...

Send us Fan Mail Your identity and your value cannot be determined by the achievements in your life – and thankfully, neither your identity nor your value is defined by your past mistakes. Leah, Rachel, and these other moms are struggling with that very issue. If they only knew then what you know now: that your identity is in Christ, thus your value and worth are determined by Him and what He decl...

Send us Fan Mail The Bible mentions 4 moms to Jacob’s children. You know, although the Bible, and the Old Testament specifically, records occurrences of polygamy, the Bible never condones nor promotes the practice. In fact, in every instance, multiple spouses is a recipe for disaster. In Jacob’s case, it makes for a highly competitive and highly dysfunctional family. And each woman is trying to fi...

Send us Fan Mail After the disciples were convinced that Jesus had indeed risen from the dead, they may have forgotten about those times that He told them He was going away and both what and how they were to keep on going. His ascension was an abrupt reminder that He really was going away and would thus send the Holy Spirit. His ascension brought their duty to the Great Commission to the forefront...

Send us Fan Mail Luke’s Gospel ends with the Great Commission and the Ascension of Christ into Heaven; his next Book, the Acts of the Apostles, begins with the Great Commission and the Ascension of Christ into Heaven. It is a “hinge event” that connects the teachings of the Gospels with the disciples living out what Jesus had taught them even though He is gone from their presence. So, now, while w...

Send us Fan Mail Jacob was the swindler who got swindled. He thought he’d worked those 7 years for Rachel, the woman he fell in love with at first sight. Yet he was tricked into marrying Leah. In this one passage, and for chapters that follow, you find a man who is both happy in his marriage and unhappy in his marriage. And from such a unique perspective, we can learn lessons for our homes today.

Send us Fan Mail The story of Jacob’s life never seems to follow a straight line. Many of the twists and turns are of his own making – he is the usurper after all. And when it comes to his marriage, his love relationship with the beautiful Rachel, it’s just as up and down. From the moment he lays eyes on her, he is smitten, but he won’t get to be with her for another 14 years. Why? Let’s explore h...

Send us Fan Mail A focal point of each one of the Gospels is the Great Commission. After telling the story of Jesus, each writer shares His instructions to His disciples for taking His gospel around the world. Luke’s telling may not be as memorable as Matthew’s or as succinct as Mark’s, but if He can “open their understanding that they might comprehend the Scriptures,” then He can do the same for...

Send us Fan Mail It has been said that the marching orders for this great Christian army called the church is the Great Commission. Our appointment, as soldiers of the cross, is to take the gospel of Jesus Christ across the street and around the world. Wherever we are, we are His ambassadors. Like a good courier, we are to faithful to deliver the message of our Commander-in-Chief wherever He sends...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to part 2 of this fourth and final message in the series, “Because He Lives: The Aftermath of Jesus’ Resurrection.” Today, we are talking about what the Book of Revelation calls The First Resurrection. And if there’s a first, that must mean there is also a second. There is. But the second is not as good, as blessed, or as holy as the first. Let’s discover the horror of the...

Send us Fan Mail There is a beautiful promise found toward the end of the Book of Revelation. It reads, “Blessed and holy is he who has a part in the first resurrection.” I can be blessed by God by being a part of this first resurrection. My question then is, What is the first resurrection? And then, How do I get in on it? Those questions are answered as we study this passage in Revelation, chapte...

Send us Fan Mail Our culture is fascinated by stories of ghosts and zombies and such. And though Hollywood uses the best of effects that make them seem so real, the Bible gives us no indication of such a thing. While the world would have you celebrate death, God would have you celebrate life. Jesus makes it clear in this passage that He is no ghost, but the glorified Son of God resurrected from th...

Send us Fan Mail On that first Easter night, with the disciples of Jesus fearfully hiding in the Upper Room, the glorified Jesus mysteriously appears in their midst. They know that He’s dead, so they presume that they are seeing a ghost. But in the encounter, as Luke describes it, Jesus clearly demonstrates to them that He is no ghost, rather He gives them good reason to believe that He has been r...