This week BibleWorm reads a selection of texts about David’s praise of God in 2 Samuel 5:1-5 and 6:1-15 as well as Psalm 150. We talk about what it means for everything that has breath to praise the Lord and ponder the unification of all creatures that is possible when we recognize the breath within us that wishes to return to God in praise. We also pay attention to the ways David approaches praise, sometimes as a genuine reverence for God but sometimes as an apparent manipulation that seeks to coopt God into his own political and military agenda. And we discuss the story of poor Uzza, who is struck dead for trying to steady the ark of the covenant, concluding that God does not need to be protected and will not tolerate being treated carelessly. When we come into God’s presence with praise, we do something that is dangerous and powerful, and that can bring us extraordinary blessing.
Episode 311 Let Justice Roll Down (Amos 1:1-2 and 5:14-24)
Episode 310 Elijah and the Still Small Voice of God (1 Kings 19:1-18)
Episode 309 Solomon‘s Temple (1 Kings 5:1-5 and 8:1-13)
Episode 308 The Anointing of David (1 Samuel 16:1-13 and Psalm 51:10-14)
Episode 307 The Call of Samuel (1 Samuel 3:1-21)
Episode 306 Manna in the Wilderness (Exodus 16:1-18)
Episode 305 The Call of Moses (Exodus 2:23-25; 3:1-15; 4:1-10)
Episode 304 SPECIAL EPISODE Brent Strawn: Lies My Preacher Told Me
Episode 303 The Blessing of Jacob (Genesis 27:1-23 and 28:10-17)
Episode 302 The Binding of Isaac (Genesis 21:1-3 and 22:1-14)
Episode 301 God's Generous Creativity (Genesis 1:1-2:4a)
Episode 250 (Replay) Resisting Ethnic Nationalism (Esther 3:1-11 and 7:1-10)
Episode 249 (Replay) Resisting the Patriarchy (Esther 1:1-22)
Episode 248 (Replay) Reading Ruth Against the Grain (Ruth 1:14-18 and 3:1-15)
Episode 247 (Replay) Making Ancient Israel Great Again (Ruth 2:1-20 and 4:9-17)
Episode 246 (Replay) Solidarity and Allegory (Song of Songs 5:2-9 and 8:5-10)
Episode 245 (Replay) The Joy of Sex (Song of Songs1:12-2:6 and 7:1-13)
Episode 244 (Replay) Trauma Has Many Voices (Lamentations 3 and 5)
Episode 243 (Replay) Trauma and Protest (Lamentations 1:18-22 and 2:10-22)
Episode 242 (Replay) For Everything There is a Time (Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 and 3:1-11)
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