4 Ways God Uses Friendship | Historical Books | 1 Samuel 23:15-18

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

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How does God use friendship to lead us to him? What is friendship all about? Are you a needy friend? In today's episode, Tanya shares how 1 Samuel 23:15-18 encourages us to sow real friendship, so that we might reap its eternal rewards. If you're listening on Spotify, tell us about yourself and where you're listening from! Read the Bible with us in 2025! This year, we’re exploring the Historical Books—Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: 1 Samuel 23:15-18

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.9	I'm Tanya Wilmuth.
0:12.6	Today's podcast is about biblical friendship and 1st Samuel chapter 23, David and Jonathan.
0:18.7	But I want to start out first by just telling you a story about a couple of really good friends.
0:23.9	In the 1960s, a California friendship was built on a shared passion, climbing.
0:29.6	Yvonne Shinard, founder of Patagonia, and Doug Tompkins, founder of the North Face, didn't start out as climbers, though.
0:36.6	They met as surfing buddies, and they
0:38.6	opened a hot dog stand to keep themselves financially afloat. But when surfing got a little redundant,
0:44.6	they decided to chase a new thrill into the granite walls of Yosemite. There, they began climbing
0:49.8	El Capitan, and they soon realized that guiding others up the mountain could be more profitable
0:54.6	than selling hot dogs. So they started charging clients to go on guided climbs. That shift
1:00.6	presented a new problem. Climbing gear wasn't widely available or suited for their needs,
1:05.8	so Channard and Tompkins became blacksmiths by trade. they forged their own carabiners by hand.
1:12.4	When Yosemite began to feel like work too, they set off on a legendary escape to the mountains of
1:17.5	Argentina and Chile, an area that we now know is Patagonia. They spent months adventuring and
1:23.6	climbing in regions that at the time were untouched by civilization.
1:32.3	And when they returned home, those experiences inspired the birth of both of their brands.
1:37.5	Patagonia and the North Face were founded to meet the real needs they experienced while they were there,
1:42.0	gear that was warm, windproof, and packable for climbing in harsh remote places.
1:45.2	Though they went on to develop separate iconic brands,
1:51.2	their friendship remained central throughout their lives. Both men eventually saw business as a means to a greater purpose, though. They began to reject the idea of chasing profit for its own sake,
1:56.7	believing instead that companies should reflect a vision of sustainability and that they should be good
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