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

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.

People in this episode

Host: Ricky Alcantar

Topics covered

• God
• faith
• idolatry
• spirituality
• Old Testament
• 1 Samuel

Keywords

• ark of God
• Philistines
• idols
• 1 Samuel
• God's sovereignty
• faith
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Philistines

Books & works: 1 Samuel

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