Let Nothing Move You

How is Saul challenged by the Philistines? How does he rise or fall to the occasion? Who is Jonathan and how does he prove himself a better man than Saul? Why was Samuel late to meet Saul? Why was it wrong for Saul to offer sacrifices to God? How does God help rout the Philistines? What is the foolish vow Saul makes? How does Israel save Jonathan from Saul? How can we learn to be better disciples and teachers through this passage?

How is Saul challenged as king? How does he rally Israel together? Why the Ammonites and not the Philistines? How does Samuel address Israel to follow God and their king? Which takes priority in that scenario?

How is Saul introduce and why does God make him king? How does Samuel factor into this? Why would God make a Benjamite king? How would this have happened? Why does Saul hide at first? How does Saul show his best and worst aspects early on?

How does Israel handle the return of the Ark of the Covenant? How does Samuel rally them to serve God and destroy their idols? What can we do to devote ourselves to God alone? Why does Israel call for a king after being shown they don't need one? Is Samuel a bad father? Can a righteous family raise an unrighteous child? Why does God warn Israel about having a king? Is there anything wrong with having a king? Why would God give us what we want even when it's not good for us? How can we learn from this lesson?

How do the Philistines handle the Ark of the Covenant compared to the Israelites? How does God prove His sovereignty through this brief exile for the Ark? What is the significance of this event? How does God engineer matters to return the Ark to a not fully believing Israel? What is God teaching Israel and us through this?

How does Samuel grow in wisdom? Why is God's voice so hard to hear? How can we listen for it? What should our response be to what God tells us to do? How does Eli's response help us understand how to submit to God's judgment? What is the Ark of the Covenant and why is it so important? How does God allow it to be captured? What is the ultimate fate of Eli and his family?

Who wrote 1 Samuel? Does it matter? When was it written? Who is Hannah and why does she matter? How can we show faith like Hannah when approaching God? What lessons can we learn from Eli and his leadership? How do we deal with wicked children? How do we honor the promises we make to God? How does this parallel aspects of Jesus' birth and life?

How do Naomi and Ruth plan to secure their kinsman-redeemer? How does God act as our redeemer? Did Ruth and Boaz have premarital sex? If they did, then does this somehow de-legitimize the story? Why are so many people adamant that they sinned? How did Boaz and Ruth show themselves to be worthy people? How are they blessed by the people? How does the genealogy of David factor into the Book of Ruth? How can we see Jesus in the story?

When was the book of Ruth written and by whom? What is the theme of the book? Why is it included in the canon of scripture? Why would Naomi's family leave Israel for Moab? Why would God send a famine in Israel? Who is Ruth and why does she matter? How can we show devotion and loyalty to the people we love? How does Boaz prove himself to be a worthy man? When in the time of the Judges does Ruth take place in? How does Jesus get revealed through the book of Ruth?

Christian is joined once more by Karai Roe of the Foreign Saints Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-foreign-saints-podcast/id1679032899) to discuss Judges 19-21.

What is the crime of Gibeah, the Levite, and of Israel? How could this have happened so soon after Joshua's death? What is the sin of the actions of inhabitants of Gibeah and what parallels are there to Sodom and Gomorrah? Is homosexuality the singular issue at play there or part of a larger problem? Is it possible for a Christian to be a feminist and social justice warrior or has the world ruined those terms irreparably? How does God end up glorified despite the actions of His servants? How does the book of Judges end?