#22 – Blood, Names and Numbers

Knowing Faith

Training The Church

Religion & Spirituality, Acts, Christian, Church, Theology, Bible, Bible Study, Romans, Religion, Christianity, Genesis, Discipleship, Trinity, Doctrine, God, Jesus, Spirituality

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🗓️ 27 September 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever skip over books like 1 and 2 Samuel in your Bible reading plan? Do they just seem like a bunch of blood, names and numbers? There’s a lot more to these books than you might think, and they play an important role in the whole story of the Bible.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Knowing Faith, a podcast of Training the Church. This is Kyle Whirley and I'm joined by my co-host Jen Wilkin and J.T. English.
0:17.0	And on today's episode we introduce first and second Samuel and we ask, why should I not skip these in my Bible reading plan?
0:24.4	I don't know if you're like me, but when you get to certain books in the Bible and your
0:28.0	Bible reading plan, it becomes really easy to think, you know what, I'm just gonna gonna these are the days this week I'm gonna miss
0:34.8	but first and second Samuel really are a treasure trove for understanding not just
0:38.6	Israel's history but our history and the role of the divitic kingship in the monarchy in the life of Israel and in the story of scripture.
0:45.0	We hope you enjoy the discussion.
0:50.0	Okay, so I've been rewatching Parks and Rec.
0:55.0	I have two.
0:57.0	I've never watched it.
0:58.0	Oh my God.
0:59.0	But I hear, I've watched the office probably 13 times.
1:02.0	You need to get you some parks and.
1:03.8	Everybody's told me that.
1:04.8	I believe you.
1:05.7	I just feel like I'm cheating on the office.
1:07.8	It's more optimistic than parks.
1:10.0	Like, when I leave an episode of the office,
1:12.0	I would have laughed, but I would also feel like sarcasm and cynicism had been well cultivated, whereas Parks and Rec cultivates a little bit more of an optimism.
1:19.5	Is it true that it gets better? Because I did try one or two episodes.
1:22.0	Yeah, you to get past
1:23.0	a few years ago. I feel like when it's when Rob Lowe and the other guy show up Ben
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