You Need a King - God is NOT on Your Side, Part 1

About this episode

The episode discusses the misconception of God's support in battles, using Israel's loss and the ark of the covenant as a focal point.

Israel has just lost the battle, and the elders respond with a plan: bring the ark of the covenant to the front lines—surely God is on their side. It seems like a reasonable assumption, but it is about to be turned completely upside down. This passage exposes the difference between carrying the ark and actually knowing the God it represents, and it has something deeply uncomfortable to say about how we think about God, faith, and whose side He is actually on.

People in this episode

Host: Ricky Alcantar

Topics covered

• faith
• God
• Israel
• spirituality
• battle
• covenant

Keywords

• God
• faith
• Israel
• ark of the covenant
• spirituality
• battle
• covenant

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cross of Grace Church

Books & works: ark of the covenant

Places: Israel

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