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Podcast: Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio
Episode: 1 Samuel 17:1-58: The Battle is the LORD’s
Description: As the Philistine and Israelite armies line up against each other, the Philistine champion Goliath taunts Israel for forty days straight. Though his size and strength are impressive, his defining feature is his idolatrous mocking of the living God. Forgetting God’s promises, Saul and his army are fearful of this Philistine. Only David, the young shepherd from Jesse’s family, remembers. David volunteers to fight the Philistine, knowing that the LORD fights for him. The LORD vindicates David’s trust and gives the Philistine into David’s hand, thus showing to the Israelites, the Philistines, and the whole earth th...