“If the Raiders of the Lost Ark had read 1 Samuel 4, they could have just stayed home in their La-Z-Boys and not bothered. The gold box doesn’t do anything. It’s the God of the gold box that matters.” – Ryan Kelly
Ryan Kelly preaches on the Philistines’ capture of the ark of the covenant (1 Samuel 4) for this episode of The Gospel Coalition’s Word of the Week Podcast.
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In Tim Keller’s short ebook, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness: The Path To True Christian Joy, he explains how to overcome the toxic tendencies of our age一not by diluting biblical truth or denying our differences一but by rooting our identity in Christ.
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