You Need a King - God is NOT on Your Side, Part 2

You Need a King - God is NOT on Your Side, Part 2

May 5, 2026 · 26 min

About this episode

This episode explores the narrative of the Philistines capturing the ark of God and the implications of God's sovereignty as depicted in 1 Samuel.

The Philistines captured the ark of God and placed it beside their idol as a trophy of war, certain they had absorbed the God of Israel into their world. But in the morning, their idol was found facedown on the ground. What unfolds from there is one of the most clarifying portraits of God in all of 1 Samuel—a God who cannot be contained, does not lose, and whose people ultimately have nothing to fear.

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