Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

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 that the LORD is the true God. As David delivered Israel from her enemies, so the Son of David, Jesus, has delivered us sinners from our enemies.  Rev. Joel Haak, pastor at St. John Lutheran Church and School in Fraser, MI, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study 1 Samuel 17:1-58.  "A Kingdom Unlike All the Nations” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through 1-2 Samuel. This time in Israel's histo