We kind of got this in Joshua 23 and 24. Joshua was like, put away the idols. And the people are like, we'll serve the Lord. And he's like, you can't. You can't. And now Samuel's like, look at your history. Look at what's coming. You need to serve the Lord. And they're like, we'll do it. And he's like, I'll pray for you. And I think that the whole Old Testament is looking forward to that new covenant when the law is actually going to be.

My name is Alex Duke, and with me are...

No, no, that's not first.

That's not how you start.

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My name is Alex Duke, and with me are my two long-lost friends.

Sam Alati, Jim Hamilton.

All right, so guys, last week...

You know, you say long-lost, but this is going to record, like, release in sequence.

True, true. But we haven't recorded about a month due to, you know, providential travel

schedules and whatnot, though you are receiving these weekly, thanks to the wonderful work of

Alberto and others. And Sam Coo. Thanks, Sam Coo. Yes. So last week we met Israel's handsome, high, high hero.

You remember you called him a high high, high, is I tall, something about that?

Handsome, high, high hero who could not find his father's donkeys.

Though he looked impressive on the outside, and though some would even say he starts well

and ends poorly, you guys argued, and I think

relatively convincingly, you know, compared to other thing.

It was a little credit.

You guys argued that this presentation of King Saul is in fact not positive even from the jump.

He is fearful, he is faithless, but yes, he is also now Israel's ordained king. So when we left him,

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