One Accord

n this episode of The One Accord Podcast, Joe, Eric, and Greg work through 2 Samuel 17–19, where God's sovereign hand orchestrates the collapse of Absalom's rebellion. From the divine thwarting of Ahithophel's counsel to Absalom's infamous death in a tree, this passage raises hard questions about God's providence, the ethics of deception, and what it looks like when a father grieves the son who tried to destroy him.

Nathan's prophecy begins its devastating fulfillment as David's household collapses from within. In this episode, the guys work through some of the darkest chapters in David's story: Amnon's assault on Tamar, Absalom's calculated revenge and eventual rebellion, and David's puzzling passivity through it all. Along the way, they tackle tough questions about lust disguised as love, cultural assumptions modern readers bring to ancient texts, and how God works behind the scenes to bring prophecy to pass through seemingly natural human choices.

In this episode of The One Accord Podcast, Joe, Eric, and Greg walk through one of the most well-known and devastating passages in all of Scripture: David's sin with Bathsheba, the murder of Uriah, and God's confrontation through the prophet Nathan. This episode explores the destructive spiral of unrepentant sin, how comfort and complacency open the door to moral failure, and the stunning reality that God's grace can redeem even the most broken situations.

In this episode of The One Accord Podcast, Joe, Eric, and Greg work through five rich chapters of 2 Samuel, wrestling with some of the Old Testament's most pressing questions. Why did God strike Uzzah dead for seemingly doing the right thing? What does David's worship tell us about instruments in the church today? And what makes the Davidic Covenant in 2 Samuel 7 one of the most important passages in all of Scripture? The team traces the father-son language God introduces for the king of Israel, explores how it reshapes everything from messianic expectation to the meaning of "Son of God," and tackles the thorny question of whether God's promises to Israel still stand today.

The One Accord Podcast kicks off a brand new book as Joe, Eric, and Greg dive into 2 Samuel chapters 1–5. From David's grief over Saul and Jonathan to his controversial accumulation of wives, this episode wrestles with real moral complexity in the biblical text. The guys tackle battlefield ethics, the often-forgotten king Ishbosheth, and what it means that David heard directly from God as both prophet and king.

In this episode, the One Accord Podcast wraps up the book of 1 Samuel by working through chapters 28–31. The guys tackle one of the Old Testament's most debated passages — the medium at En-dor — and ask whether the spirit that appeared was truly Samuel or something else entirely. Along the way, they explore what it means to strengthen yourself in the Lord, how deception snowballs, and what Saul's tragic end reveals when placed alongside God's preservation of David. This is also Micah's final regular episode, so expect a few laughs and a heartfelt send-off.

David narrowly avoids a massacre, gains a wise new wife, and then flees to enemy territory — all while God's promises hang in the balance. In this episode, the team digs into Abigail's bold intercession, the Bible's portrayal of strong women, the difference between vengeance and justice, whether open doors always mean divine permission, and the heated question of whether God decrees every human action. This is 1 Samuel at its grittiest and most theologically loaded.

In this episode of The One Accord Podcast, the team works verse-by-verse through 1 Samuel 20–24 and runs headlong into one of Scripture's thorniest tensions: David repeatedly deceives Saul, the priests at Nob, and the king of Gath — yet he's called a man after God's own heart. Is lying always a violation of the Ninth Commandment, or does context change the verdict? And when David asks God whether Saul will come to Keilah, God says yes to an outcome that never happens — so is God offering David a future that was never really possible? Joe, Eric, Greg, and Micah press hard on deception, conscience, contingency, and the sovereignty of God without flattening the hard parts.

In this episode of The One Accord Podcast, Joe, Eric, and Greg work through 1 Samuel 16–19 — from the anointing of David to the fall of Saul and the most iconic battle scene in all of Scripture. But did David actually kill Goliath the way you think he did? The answer may surprise you. Along the way, the team tackles God's troubling command to stop grieving, the evil spirit He sends upon Saul, whether we can change our own hearts, and the real meaning of David and Jonathan's bond.

In this episode, the guys dig deep into 1 Samuel 13–15, where Saul's disobedience costs him the kingdom and God declares He "regrets" making Saul king. What does divine regret actually mean — and could things really have gone differently? The conversation opens up one of the most honest and sustained theological exchanges in the series so far, as Calvinist, Arminian, and non-traditional perspectives collide over questions of foreknowledge, contingency, and whether Calvinists and Arminians actually end up in the same place.