Hope Wisco Podcast

David’s outlaw days were marked by a contrast of moral achievements and moral compromise. By God’s kindness and the intervention of an unlikely character, he was spared from great sin and taught a lesson in godliness. Abigail’s wisdom teaches us that repaying evil with evil is normal. But God calls us to repay evil with blessings. People who repay evil with good are the real giant killers.

What do you do when you are under bad leadership? Like, really BAD leadership? David has something to teach us in this arena. His boss wanted to kill him. Literally. And later in his life, his own son, Absalom, staged a coup and David had to run for his life. David’s response to both of these men is a masterclass on what to do when you’re under bad authority. David will show us how to respond to b...

David was an unlikely man to be anointed as the next king of Israel. He was the youngest not the oldest, the weakest not the strongest, the least not the greatest. But you should never judge a book by its cover. But God chose him for one specific reason, and it didn’t have anything to do with the measurable. God chose David because he was a man after God’s own heart. But how far will that get you...

David had a unique endorsement from God. He was a man after God’s own heart. It was this quality that not only turned David into a giant slayer, but into the precursor of Jesus. We’re beginning the journey in the middle of the story, where we find David’s heart drawn to glorify the Lord by building him a worthy temple. But God wanted to make it clear that David would not build a house for the Lord...

The people Jesus loved were messy. The way that Jesus loved people seemed inconsistent, unfair, and confusing. On the one hand, he could teach that God’s righteous moral standards for our lives are even higher than we imagined they were. On the other hand, he ate with the tax collectors and talked with the adulterers. As his church today, we still struggle to understand his extraordinary love – bu...