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October 6, 2025 65 mins

The Wilderness E6 — In the Genesis and Exodus wilderness stories, God is present with his people, testing them and teaching them to listen to his voice. Most of the people fail to trust God there, but finally, in 1 Samuel, we meet a character who can succeed in the desolate place, David. In this episode, Jon and Tim explore David’s wilderness stories in 1 Samuel 24-26, finding a human who will trust God for provision and listen to his voice.

CHAPTERS

  1. Recap of the Theme and Setup for David (0:00-17:00)
  2. David’s Successes and Tests in the Wilderness (17:00-32:00)
  3. David’s Test With Nabal and Abigail (32:00-43:58)
  4. Abigail Saves the Day (43:58-1:05:12)

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

View this episode’s official transcript.

REFERENCED RESOURCES

  • You can view annotations for this episode—plus our entire library of videos, podcasts, articles, and classes—in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.
  • Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books here.

SHOW MUSIC

  • “Walk In The City ft. Me & The Boys” by Lofi Sunday
  • “Redeemables” by Lofi Sunday, Yoni Charis
  • “Peace With You ft. Oly.Lo” by Lofi Sunday
  • BibleProject theme song by TENTS

SHOW CREDITS

Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer, who also edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie. 

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