The Psalms
Breaking Arms and Holding Hands (Psalm 37:16-26)
This fourth heading of Psalm 37 contrasts the "abundance" of the wicked with the "little" of the righteous. Yahweh makes the little of the righteous better than the much of many wicked. There are five ways that God does this. We briefly note these five things and then consider a proverbial statement and the first of these five blessings. An...
Broken Bows and Slaying Swords, Pt. 2 (Psalm 37:12-15)
A righteous versus wicked conflict permeates Scripture from Genesis to modern times. Through Psalm 37, we see how the wicked plot against God's people with drawn swords and bent bows. Yet despite this hostility, the righteous are assured of God's protection and ultimate victory. The sermon examines this spiritual warfare and its implications for...
Broken Bows and Slaying Swords, Pt. 1 (Psalm 37:12-15)
A righteous versus wicked conflict permeates Scripture from Genesis to modern times. Through Psalm 37, we see how the wicked plot against God's people with drawn swords and bent bows. Yet despite this hostility, the righteous are assured of God's protection and ultimate victory. The sermon examines this spiritual warfare and its implications for...
The Inheritance of the Humble (Psalm 37:9-11)
God has promised that the wicked shall be cut off from the land and the blessings that attend it. God has promised righteous and abundant prosperity in the Kingdom to come. An exposition of Psalm 37:9-11. Sermon Transcript Download PDF We come now to verses 9–11 of Psalm 37. Verses 1–8 is the peace that God gives to His righteous ones. Verses...
The Promised Land (Psalm 37; Jeremiah 31-33)
In this sermon, Jim Osman explores the promise of inheriting the land found in Psalm 37 and Jeremiah 31-33. Osman explains that this promise, repeated throughout Scripture, refers to a future time when a righteous King from David's line will rule over Israel in peace and prosperity. While the wicked may prosper now, they will ultimately be cut...
Jim Osman
Pastor-Teacher
Jim Osman was born in May of 1972 and has lived in Sandpoint since he was three. He achieved his life’s ambition by graduating from Sandpoint High School in 1990. Jim came to know Christ through the ministry of Cocolalla Lake Bible Camp. Kootenai Community Church has always been his home church, attending Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and Youth Group.
After graduating from High School, he attended Millar College of the Bible in Pambrun, Saskatchewan. It was at Bible College that Jim met his wife-to-be, Diedre, who was also enrolled as a student. Jim graduated with a three-year diploma in April 1993 and married Diedre in August of that same year. He returned to Millar to further his education in September 1994 and graduated from the Fourth Year Internship Program with a Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Ministries in April 1995.
Jim and Diedre returned to Sandpoint, where Jim began working in construction and as a Roofing Materials Application Specialist (roofer) until he was asked to take over as the Preaching Elder of Kootenai Community Church in December 1996. Now, he counts it as his greatest privilege to be involved in ministering in the Church that has ministered to him for so many years. It has been a great adventure!
Jim is the author of Truth or Territory: A Biblical Approach to Spiritual Warfare, Selling the Stairway to Heaven, The Prosperity of the Wicked: A Study of Psalm 73, God Doesn’t Whisper, and his latest book, God Doesn’t Try, which he co-wrote with co-elder Dave Rich. Jim and Diedre have four children: Taryn, Shepley, Ayden, and Liam.
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