Ep 1223 | John Luke Explores the Principle of “No Kings” & How Parenting Can Shape a Nation’s Future

Unashamed with the Robertson Family

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Religion, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 23.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Al, Zach, John Luke, and Christian explore the principle of “no kings” and how cultural envy pushed Israel to demand a leader who looked impressive but lacked character and paid for it dearly. The guys trace the fallout from choosing Saul, contrast it with David’s repentant heart, and show how wanting to resemble other nations sent Israel down a destructive path. In this episode: Genesis 11; Genesis 12; Genesis 3, verse 24; Genesis 4; Exodus 14; Exodus 16; Exodus 17; Exodus 25; Deuteronomy 17; Joshua 2; Joshua 7; Judges 2; Judges 21; 1 Samuel 4, verses 19–22; 1 Samuel 5; 1 Samuel 6; 1 Samuel 8; 1 Samuel 9; 1 Samuel 10; Jonah 1; Hebrews 12, verses 28–29; Psalm 51; Romans 1 Today's conversation is about Lesson 1 of The David Story: Shepherd, Father, King taught by Hillsdale Professor Justin Jackson. Take the course with us at no cost to you! Sign up at ⁠http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/⁠ More about The David Story: Encounter the beauty of the Bible. The David Story: Shepherd, Father, King explores the lives of Israel's first two kings—Saul and David—to discover the Bible’s profound lessons about fatherhood, the nature of sin, and the consequences of sin on both a family and a nation. While David suffers great tragedies due to his own transgressions, he models a path to redemption through repentance. Join Professor Justin Jackson in a careful reading of First and Second Samuel to gain a deeper understanding of the meaning and beauty of this story that is not only fundamental to the Christian and Jewish faiths, but also a literary masterpiece. Join us today in this pursuit of a deeper understanding of the Bible in “The David Story.” Sign up at ⁠http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/ Check out At Home with Phil Robertson, nearly 800 episodes of Phil's unfiltered wisdom, humor, and biblical truth, available for free for the first time! Get it on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and anywhere you listen to podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-home-with-phil-robertson/id1835224621 Listen to Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or anywhere you get podcasts. — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I am unashamed. What about you?
0:06.2	So welcome back to our unashamed podcast on Friday with Hillsdale College. We are in the study of David.
0:16.0	And we're deep into it. John, look, you said you were going to go deep after that last podcast that we
0:21.9	from last week.
0:22.9	So you ready?
0:24.8	I'm ready.
0:26.2	He's always ready to go deep.
0:27.9	It's interesting, Zach.
0:29.2	So I was in Idaho last week, and it was, they called it a classical Christian school.
0:36.9	And I didn't really know what that meant
0:38.1	because others are just Christian school and so they got into some of the things I mean when you
0:42.2	add the word classical I was like what exactly does that make it like more highbrow do you listen
0:46.7	to the old music like va baldy so I was trying to figure out and then they said joyfully classical
0:52.7	and I said all right somebody's got explained to me what what are we doing? And, uh, but it was really interesting. They have a link
0:58.7	to Hills Hillsdale. They have a lot of their graduates go there. And it's kind of the same type
1:04.2	thing. They've been around a long time. They're totally non-governmental funded. And their ideas is that we teach the Bible but also the founders and
1:13.3	and all the classical works of Western civilization that were founded on this idea of who God is.
1:20.1	And so it was great, but they were just a little small group, but their school has been around
1:24.1	for 115 years, 19-0-0-0-0-0-0. So they know what they're doing.
1:28.2	They know what they're doing.
1:29.0	That's what I got up, I said,
1:30.4	115 years you've got to be doing something right.
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