Bible Story Podcast
Jon: Have you ever had a genuine enemy? A person who was trying to harm you.
Bradon: Not just like a moment of anger but a constant aim to hurt me?
Jon: Yeah, think of a story to share. Today on the bible story podcast, we will learn it’s best to love your enemies.
Jon: You are listening to the discussion episode for the story, Love Your Enemies.
Bradon: Today, we learned about David saving a town from the Philistines and Saul chasing David and trying to kill him. Saul was an easy target when he went to the bathroom in the same Cave David was hiding in. David cut off a corner of Saul’s robe, proving that he was not trying to kill Saul. David is an example of a person who loved his enemies.
Bradon: I am going to give you a heads up on a question we are going to be talking about next. Are you ready?
Jon: Okay, so I and the audience can have some time to think about this question and come up with a great answer!
Bradon: Exactly! What was the last hard thing you learned?
Jon: go ahead, give it some thought with me! Tune in as we chat about it in our next episode.
Bradon: You are listening to the discussion questions for the episode Sin has consequences.
Jon: we read about David, having an extremely tough time finding his trust in God. He is fleeing for his life and telling any lie needed to be safe. As saul follows his path we see that David leaves several people in harm’s way because of the lies he told. Eventually, this leads to the death of the Priest and his whole family. David’s sin had many consequences he didn’t see until much later.
Bradon: Have you ever had to make a difficult decision about whom you would be loyal to?
Jon: It sounds like you have a story for us to hear.
Bradon: I have had a few moments, and I’d like to share one.
Jon: Today, we will learn to follow God and be loyal!
Jon: You are listening to the discussion episode for the story “Follow God and be Loyal.”
Bradon: Today we saw King Saul try and kill David in many different ways. He sent him to war several times, threw his spear at David, ordered his soldiers and son to kill David and he even went himself to find and kill him but ended up being caught up by God’s spirit and he began prophesying all day and night. Jonathan, Saul’s son, finally found out his Dad’s true intentions during the new moon festival and warned his friend David who then escaped.
So I figure that should be our takeaway for today. Sin divides. It separates relationships and causes rifts in our connection with God. Sin Divides.
Jon: Bradon, you would say we are good friends right?
Bradon: I would, although I am always nervous when you start out questions like that…
Jon: Well I am going to leave you on a cliffhanger, but I want to talk about friendship in our next episode!
Bradon: Not helping the nerves but okay!
Jon: You are listening to the discussion questions for the episode Sin Divides.
Bradon: We read about two very different relationships David had and we could see how the jealousy forming in Saul was not of God and how it was creating a divide between Saul and David.
Bradon: Recently, Jon’s plant died in his office. It just didn’t have the proper environment to survive.
Jon: Yeah, it had enough water good soil. I kind of wish that plant was still alive!
Bradon: Unlike your plant, today we learn that Jesus has risen from the dead.
Jon: This is easily my favourite story!
Jon: You are listening to the discussion episode for the story, “Jesus has Risen.”
Bradon: Today, we learned that the leading priests and religious leaders made a plan to get Jesus killed. Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus for money. The crowd was getting out of control, demanding that Pilot crucify Jesus. After a long time Pilot gave in to their request and ordered his soldiers to crucify Jesus. After Jesus was crucified and died, a man named Joseph placed him in a tomb on a Friday. By Sunday, when to ladies went to the tomb, they were met by an angel and later by Jesus himself. We learned that Jesus died, has risen back to life and is alive today and offers everyone eternal life!
