About this episode

This episode explores the deeper meaning of the David and Goliath story, emphasizing faith and trust in God over worldly powers.

Rocky. Mulan. Aladdin. The 1980 USA Olympic hockey team. What do they all have in common? They’re all underdog stories. And we love them. We often think of David and Goliath as an underdog story but there’s actually more to the story. It’s the story of what happens when people turn away from God and put their trust in something else. It’s a story about God giving his people what they wanted. It’s a story about a God who "having disarmed the powers and authorities, made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross." It’s a story with a hero, but we are not the hero. Neither is Saul, nor David, but it is the Lord.

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Host: Haverhill Commons Church

Topics covered

• underdog stories
• faith
• trust in God
• spiritual lessons
• biblical narrative

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