Chapter 09: David the Madman
Heroes in the Bible
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🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Chapter 09 of Heroes in the Bible: David with Dr. Tony Evans is inspired by 1 Samuel 21.
David the Madman - David’s exile out of Israel forces him to seek refuge in some precarious places. Is David beginning to lose his mind or simply trying to trick people into helping him?
Today's opening prayer is inspired by John 14:16, I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever:
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Dr. Tony Evans, and I'm excited for you to join me on this series. |
| 0:05.8 | Please be sure to follow the podcast on Apple or Spotify so you get the newest episodes right as they come out. |
| 0:12.7 | Welcome to The Epic Adventure of David, a story of honor, battle, jealousy, darkness, friendship, love, scandal, and murder. While most people know of David |
| 0:23.6 | the myth, few know about David the man. This episode begins a new chapter of David's life, |
| 0:30.2 | the wilderness. This episode is going to be a challenge to listen to. David is going to compromise |
| 0:36.2 | in ways unbecoming of God's chosen hero. |
| 0:39.2 | He will show signs of moral decline and sin, making us question his calling. There's a philosophical |
| 0:45.5 | quandary presented in this episode. Do lines between good and bad become blurred under certain |
| 0:51.8 | circumstances, or does everything remain black and white? |
| 0:56.1 | David is going to be driven to do things he would not otherwise do, but harsh circumstances |
| 1:01.5 | seem to force his hand. Pay close attention to David's inner dialogue during this episode. |
| 1:07.7 | He's going to wrestle with his own conscience and rely on the grace of God. Ultimately, |
| 1:13.8 | it is good for us to see David's weaknesses. Seeing him this way will remind us that he is not |
| 1:20.0 | perfect and we shouldn't expect him to be. The prelude of this episode gives us a reminder that |
| 1:25.7 | the ultimate hero of this story isn't David at all, |
| 1:28.5 | but God. Jesus was able to overcome where other men had failed. He alone should be the one we |
| 1:34.7 | look to for hope. David's story becomes more complicated from this point forward. It's no longer |
| 1:40.7 | just a battle of good versus evil. David will have to battle with his own competing desires and instincts. |
| 1:47.9 | His confusion and compromise should be familiar to us. |
| 1:51.2 | Sometimes we face situations that don't have a clear right way out. |
| 1:55.7 | What do we do when there seems to be a million wrong decisions and no clear right one. Let's see how David |
| 2:02.9 | handles this question in episode nine, David the Madman. This is an I-Heart podcast. Prelude to Chapter 9 |
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