Episode 8

1 Samuel 15 & 16

Published on: 3rd August, 2026

Does God condone genocide? How are we to handle the deaths of the Amalekites? Why did they deserve death? Why is Saul faithless to not follow through with God's commands? How does Samuel prove his righteousness instead? Why does God honor love and obedience more than sacrifices? How does God choose a good king? What are the qualities that God looks for in His followers? How does David become the man God knows He can be? Did God send an angel, demon, or something else to attack Saul for his apostasy? How does David show His righteousness in the midst of this?

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Let Nothing Move You
Come listen as Christian Ashley, a seminary student and servant of God, goes through the entire Bible verse-by-verse, starting with Luke and Romans and then heading back to Genesis to speak on the whole story of God's glory and revelations as intended for His original audience and the modern listener.

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Matthew Ashley

Christian Ashley is a seminary student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary focusing on Christian Ministry and has been a follower of Christ since six years old. He majored in Creative Writing and minored in English at UNC-Wilmington. He has written four novels under the name M. C. Ashley and works as a founding member of the Starving Writers Guild, which helps writers find ways to publish their own material their way.