Goliath in Fresh Perspective (1 Sam. 17) | David in 22 Stories | 1 Samuel – 2 Samuel Devotions

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🗓️ 23 October 2019

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We continue our new series, David in 22 Stories. In this episode we look at one of the most famous Bible stories: David and Goliath. If you live in the Columbia area, we hope you’ll join us in person. Our https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/about/sundays/ (website) has all the info you’ll need. You can follow us on https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO/ (Facebook), https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (Instagram) or https://twitter.com/TheCrossingCoMo (Twitter). Want to learn about more 1-2 Samuel? Do you want a deeper look into David’s life? We recommend picking up either https://www.amazon.com/Samuel-NIV-Application-Commentary/dp/0310210860/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=arnold+1-2+samuel&qid=1565905180&s=gateway&sr=8-1 (Bill Arnold’s) or https://www.amazon.com/First-Second-Samuel-Interpretation-Commentary/dp/0804231087/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=brueggemann+1-2+samuel&qid=1565905160&s=gateway&sr=8-1 (Walter Bruegemann’s) commentary on 1-2 Samuel. All the links mentioned in this episode: Website: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/about/sundays/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/about/sundays/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO/ (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO/) Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO/ (https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/) Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/) Books – Bill Arnold, NIVAC 1-2 Samuel Commentary: https://www.amazon.com/Samuel-NIV-Application-Commentary/dp/0310210860/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=arnold+1-2+samuel&qid=1565905180&s=gateway&sr=8-1 (https://www.amazon.com/Samuel-NIV-Application-Commentary/dp/0310210860/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=arnold+1-2+samuel&qid=1565905180&s=gateway&sr=8-1) Walter Bruegemann, Interpretation 1-2 Samuel Commentary: https://www.amazon.com/First-Second-Samuel-Interpretation-Commentary/dp/0804231087/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=brueggemann+1-2+samuel&qid=1565905160&s=gateway&sr=8-1 (https://www.amazon.com/First-Second-Samuel-Interpretation-Commentary/dp/0804231087/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=brueggemann+1-2+samuel&qid=1565905160&s=gateway&sr=8-1) 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.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Tim Minut Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.0	I'm Keith Simon.
0:11.0	And I'm Patrick Miller. Right now we're working through the story of David's life in first and second Samuel
0:19.0	First Samuel 17 contains not just one of the best known stories in David's life but one of the better
0:24.4	known stories in all the Bible. Whether you go to church much or read your Bible much
0:28.9	whether you even consider yourself a Christian or not you've probably heard the story of David and Goliath.
0:35.0	Unfortunately, I think we've drawn the wrong conclusions or learned the wrong lessons from this story.
0:42.0	You know the main characters. David and Goliath. the wrong lessons from this story.
0:42.8	You know the main characters, David and Goliath, and the first one we meet is Goliath.
0:47.8	The Bible never calls him a giant, although a lot of scholars think he was about six feet nine inches tall which would have
0:54.5	made him appear like a giant in that culture. The Philistine Army has
0:59.2	gathered against the Israelites and Goliath is one of the Philistine warriors and he comes out to face the Israelites and he has this proposition he wants to make.
1:08.0	He says, here's the deal.
1:09.0	Instead of our two armies fighting against each other, how about one representative from each army fight it out?
1:15.3	I'll be the army, I'll be the representative from the Philistine Army
1:19.2	and you guys pick a representative from your army and we'll fight one-on-one and however that one-on-one battle goes
1:24.9	That's how the whole battle between our armies will go and you think this is a job for Saul I mean when you hear the size of Goliath you can't help
1:36.2	but remember that Saul was a head taller than everybody else in all of Israel. So where is King Saul to face this enemy? Well,
1:46.6	verse 11 tells us that Saul and all of Israel along with him is afraid of Goliath. They are in hiding. Enter David. He's the
1:57.4	Shepherd boy, the one that his own family doesn't really pay much attention to
2:01.2	and often overlooks. And David is given an assignment by his dad.
2:06.5	Really he's told to go run an errand. And the errand is to take some food up to his brothers who are at the front. And when David gets up there, he
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