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Back to Search1 Samuel 14, Psalm 86-87
Season 6 Episode 94
Israel is at war with the Philistines, and when our last reading ended, we were informed that a garrison of Philistines had taken control of the pass…
4 months, 1 week ago
1 Samuel 11-13, Psalms 84-85
Season 6 Episode 93
In our last episode, Saul had just been anointed as king by Samuel the prophet and priest of Israel. In today’s episode, he is appointed as king in G…
4 months, 1 week ago
1 Samuel 8-10, Psalm 83
Season 6 Episode 92
In today’s reading, Israel asks an aging Samuel to appoint a king over them before his death. Samuel warns them about what a king would demand from t…
4 months, 1 week ago
1 Samuel 4-7
Season 6 Episode 91
Today, Israel goes to battle against the Philistines. They assume that if they bring out the ark of the covenant to the battlefield, that it’s presen…
4 months, 1 week ago
1 Samuel 1-3
Season 6 Episode 90
The instructions that the Lord has given to his people concerning justice, holiness, and priesthood have all been shattered in the time of the judges…
4 months, 1 week ago
Ruth 1-4
Season 6 Episode 89
It seems like so much has been lost in the time of the judges, but the author of Ruth gives us a glimmer of hope. In a season of drought, a family le…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Judges 19-21
Season 6 Episode 88
At this point in the narrative of Judges, the Lord is noticeably absent from the life of Israel. It seems like nobody knows how any of this covenant …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Judges 16-18, Psalm 82
Season 6 Episode 87
Today, we’ll conclude the account of Samson, one of Israel’s judges. As you may recall from the last episode, Samson was supposed to be dedicated to …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Judges 13-15, Psalm 81
Season 6 Episode 86
Today, we’ll begin to look at the life of Samson, a man who kept the Nazirite vow from his birth, until he didn’t, and violated it several times over…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Judges 10-12, Psalm 80
Season 6 Episode 85
Two judges of Israel follow the death of Abimelech, and we know little about them, except that they each judged Israel for over 20 years with no ruck…
4 months, 2 weeks ago