Why God Doesn't Need You | Historical Books | 1 Samuel 5

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🗓️ 7 April 2025

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Are you trying to manipulate God? Does God need us? Why did Jesus give his life? In today's episode, guest host, Luke Simon, shares how 1 Samuel 5 reminds us of the good news that God cannot be controlled. If you're listening on Spotify, comment below one takeaway from today's episode! Read the Bible with us in 2025! This year, we’re exploring the Historical Books—Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings. Download your reading plan now. 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. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: 1 Samuel 5

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:13.3	Keith is currently out of the office and unable to record, so I'm going to be filling in today.
0:18.3	My name is Luke Simon. I'm an avid TMBT listener, and I'm excited
0:21.9	to be your guest host, so let's get started. In January of 2000, Isaac Bruce won a Super Bowl
0:28.0	with the then-St. Louis Rams. Just a month earlier, he had survived a terrifying car wreck.
0:33.9	Meanwhile, across the state, Derek Thomas, a legendary linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, was driving to the airport to watch Bruce play in the NFC championship game when his car spun out of control. Unlike Bruce, Thomas didn't walk away. He was paralyzed from the crash and died weeks later from complications. Sports writer Rick Riley wrote a powerful piece about their two drastically different outcomes.
0:57.5	He described the wreckage from Bruce's crash as horrific.
1:00.5	Police on the scene couldn't believe anyone had survived.
1:03.7	Meanwhile, Thomas's car wasn't even that badly damaged, yet he never walked again.
1:08.7	Riley later caught up with Bruce and asked him if he ever thought,
1:11.8	that could have been me.
1:13.3	Oh, no, not at all, Bruce says.
1:15.2	Why not, Riley asked?
1:16.8	Because as I was flipping, I threw my hands off the wheel and called Jesus' name.
1:22.0	Does that mean God doesn't love Derek Thomas, Riley asked?
1:25.5	Oh, no, Bruce says.
1:27.0	I don't know what Derek said as his car was
1:29.2	flipping. What about Payne Stewart? Stewart was a professional golfer who died in the fall of 1999
1:34.5	in a bizarre plane crash in which the private jet lost cabin pressure rendering everyone on board
1:39.9	unconscious and incapacitated. What about Payne Stewart? He was a Christian man. Does that mean God didn't love Payne Stewart?
1:45.9	I have no idea what Payne Stewart said in that plane that day.
1:49.2	What are you saying if Payne Stewart had invoked the name of Jesus Christ, he'd be alive today?
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