The Weight of the Crown: 2 Samuel

Lisa Harper's Back Porch Theology

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Talk Radio, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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On today's episode of Back Porch Theology, Lisa Harper, Allison Allen, and Dr. Joel Muddamalle unpack the major themes of 1 & 2 Samuel, including kingship, the word of God, and spiritual warfare. They discuss the rise and fall of Saul, the ascent of David, and the biblical warnings against mediums and spiritists. The conversation highlights the role of the Holy Spirit in guiding believers and points to Jesus as the ultimate King and Redeemer. Grab a cup and pull up a chair—we’re so glad you’re here on the porch.

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0:00.0	Hey, bag, porches, I want to enthusiastically invite you to join us at the Corrigma Summit.
0:06.7	It's happening just in a few weeks right here in Middle Tennessee.
0:10.0	It's April 30th through May 2nd.
0:12.3	It's like a Bible boot camp.
0:14.3	It's for women who want to dive deeper into God's Word with each other in a really authentic community.
0:19.6	You can find out more details at corigmasummit.com or on my socials.
0:23.8	It will not be the same without you.
0:25.5	We hope you'll come.
0:27.5	It is not if you will suffer.
0:30.8	It is when.
0:32.0	And it's in the midst of that suffering that in God's kindness,
0:34.2	he says, oh, by the way, you actually have a direct entry point
0:37.2	to experience
0:38.1	my mercy and my compassion and my grace.
0:40.4	It's through suffering that you and I get to become empathetic in a way that reminds us
0:47.6	of our finite nature as humans and leads us to dependence upon God so that we don't treat other image barriers like they're trash.
1:00.6	Access more.
1:09.4	Hey, hey, back porches. My name's Allison Allen. I'm the 5'12 spiritual wing woman to Lisa Harper for Backport's Theology. And here's what I want you to do. If you did not get to check out last week, I want you to stop right now. Go back and check out what we did with Dr. Joel, MetaMolle. Unless you're driving our elliptical life. When it's safe.
1:28.1	Yes.
1:28.4	Do it safely. But I really want you to go back and check out what we talked about for First Samuel. And we're treating it as one book because it was, right? It's one big narrative. We talked about Hannah. Loved it. We spent a lot of time in Hannah. It was beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Talked about, I think you said,
1:44.8	Joel, that the two main themes are the monarchy and the word of the Lord. Yes. Right? So we have the rise of the kings and we have the prophet Samuel. Break up just for some of you that hasn't, because I need to review because it was so good. You talked about basically two kings and two prophets. Yeah, that's right. So when you read Samuel and you can split up in first and second Samuel, but really it's
2:04.8	a tale of twos that are happening.
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