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The Bible For Normal People

Episode 89: Pete and Jared - David’s Sordid Past: This Ain’t No Kids Story

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.73.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Pete and Jared take a close look at the call of David and the battle with Goliath (1 Samuel 16-17) to show how these biblical stories already portray David as a morally complex character from the beginning. These stories also tell us something of the intricate and layered nature of biblical storytelling. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Bible for Normal People,

0:02.2

the only God ordained podcast on the internet.

0:05.3

Serious talk about the sacred book.

0:07.4

I'm Pete Ends.

0:08.2

And I'm Jared Bias.

0:09.2

Hey, buddy, welcome to another episode of the Bible

0:13.6

for Normal People.

0:14.6

And today, Jared, we're going to talk about our hero.

0:17.2

Well, I thought you were my hero.

0:19.3

Yeah, true.

0:19.8

We're talking about you today.

0:20.8

Now, I'm talking about Goliath.

0:21.8

Goliath is my hero.

0:23.0

Oh.

0:24.2

And David, David and Goliath.

0:25.4

No, that story that we know so well,

0:28.8

one of the most abused stories in the Bible, I think.

0:31.5

Abuse.

0:32.3

That's that's strong words.

0:33.6

It is, but I think along with like the Daniel story,

0:36.4

because dare to be a Daniel, those are the famous sermons

0:40.0

of people here growing up, like be brave like Daniel,

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