The Paul Gunn Podcast

With God’s help, Moses led his people out of their slavery in Egypt and they headed toward the Promised Land. However, quite often they did not obey God, so their entry into the Promised Land was delay for guess how long? Forty-years! During their wandering they learned many lessons and grew into a nation. Moses died and Joshua their new leader who would usher them into the Promised Land. There wa...

If you’ve listened to the previous ten podcasts in the Nehemiah series, get ready for the last message in this series! If you’re catching this podcast without having heard the previous ten messages, no worries, just press the play button.   When times were good, the people forgot God! After Nehemiah finished his work in Jerusalem as both supervisor over the rebuilding of the wall and navigati...

After the wall was complete, the people of Jerusalem had a spiritual awakening! They cast lots in order to choose one out of ten people to live inside the city walls. The wall was complete but the “capital city” of Jerusalem still had to be rebuilt and maintained. In this message, you’ll hear some very practical direction: 1-Go where God wants you to go 2-Do what God wants you to do 3-Trust God wi...

A few years ago I took my family to Bimini, Bahamas during the winter holidays. We left our cold Tennessee weather behind and flew into sunshine and warmth. While I enjoyed each day of our trip, there was one that had extra meaning for me. A Bahamian friend named Michael joined us for supper in our beach house. As the day came to a close, one of my sons got out his Backpacker guitar and together w...

The first part of Nehemiah’s story focused on the rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. The second part focused on rebuilding a people dedicated to the Lord. In this message you’ll hear answers to two questions that are about as old as time itself. Who is God? Who are we? Nehemiah’s book was written long before Jesus came to this earth. To enhance the overall impact of the message, I included some sel...

How do we meet with God? Do we approach him in the way my kids approach me sometimes: “Yo Pops, what’s up?” That’s probably not a good idea. Approaching God, I believe, requires some advance preparation. Yes, we can approach his throne of grace at any time because of what Jesus did for us on the cross, but reverence is essential. Listen and learn a model for meeting with God that comes from the st...

At this point we are half way through the book of Nehemiah. This message from the book of Nehemiah brings up four questions for us to ask ourselves? Do I fear the Lord? (Fear meaning “deep respect”) Am I protecting myself from the enemy? Do I recognize God’s voice? How do I feel about giving?   Growing as a believer in the Lord requires us to consider these things. Listen as these four questi...

Nehemiah dealt with distractions, dangerous lies, and deception. Distractions are around every corner. If you’re anything like me, staying on task is hard. In fact, getting this podcast going has been a challenge because it takes focus and because I deal with constantly! How about lies and deception? They are everywhere, aren’t they? Nehemiah was super wise and had solid insight on how to deal wit...

People would be great if it wasn’t for people! Wherever there are people, there will be problems. But what do you do? What is your problem-solving model? Is it effective? Learn how Nehemiah solved problems by carefully considering the issue, looking for the cause that was closest to home, and likely pulling from his knowledge of scripture. All the while, he set a good example for everyone. Listen...

Nehemiah and his massive team were moving right along with the rebuilding of the wall when they encountered the enemy. However, the enemy was not an army, no, not at all. The enemy consisted of several individuals who wanted the construction to stop immediately. The first line of attack was ridicule. Later the enemies of fatigue and fear set in. Wisely, Nehemiah met these enemies with confidence a...

This is the second message in the series from the book of Nehemiah and there is so much to learn! What makes a good leader and what makes a good team? Countless books have been written on leadership and team building. Nehemiah had no leadership manual, nor had his team worked together before they all rallied for one of the most incredible construction projects of all time. In this podcast you lear...

Like many books in the Bible, the book of Nehemiah is often overlooked. In fact, before this message series began I don’t recall having had any interaction with Nehemiah, ever! What a shame! The book is rich with vision, challenges, suspense, wisdom, good guys and bad guys. Listen and learn what can happen when God speaks AND when God’s people obey. While I was delivering the messages in this podc...

Welcome! For the introduction of this new podcast, I decided to start with the topic: “Finding Your Way Back to Jesus”. After seeing numerous people fall away from the faith, many times I have wondered why. Right before this series was created, a particular friend of mine became disillusioned after something terrible happened that was well beyond his control. I have never experienced what he exper...

Welcome! For the introduction of this new podcast, I decided to start with the topic: “Finding Your Way Back to Jesus”. After seeing numerous people fall away from the faith, many times I have wondered why. Right before this series was created, a particular friend of mine became disillusioned after something terrible happened that was well beyond his control. I have never experienced what he exper...

Welcome! For the introduction of this new podcast, I decided to start with the topic: “Finding Your Way Back to Jesus”. After seeing numerous people fall away from the faith, many times I have wondered why. Right before this series was created, a particular friend of mine became disillusioned after something terrible happened that was well beyond his control. I have never experienced what he exper...