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The Sift is a podcast where two Christian friends have honest conversations about real life from a biblical perspective.
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Episode 37: What Do You Do When Your Enemy Falls? (opens the original)
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What should you do when someone who has hurt you finally falls? In 2 Samuel 1, David receives news that Saul and Jonathan are dead. Although Saul had pursued David for years, David does not gloat over his enemy’s downfall. He mourns, fasts, and writes a lament honoring both Saul and his beloved friend Jonathan. In this episode of The Sift, Nathan and Jeff examine the lasting consequences of Saul’s partial obedience, the Amalekite’s fatal attempt to gain David’s favor through deception, and David
Episode 36: How Do You Make Sense of Tragedy? (opens the original)
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How do we make sense of tragedy—especially when it results from years of poor choices? In this episode of The Sift , Nathan and Jeff discuss the death of Saul and his sons in 1 Samuel 31. Saul’s downfall was not a sudden accident, but the tragic end of a long pattern of disobedience and unrepentant sin. Yet his story also reveals God’s remarkable patience and reminds us not to delay repentance. The discussion contrasts Saul with David, whose years of waiting and hardship prepared him to lead wit
Episode 35: What to Do When Problems Stack Up (opens the original)
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What do you do when one problem follows another and life’s troubles begin to stack up? In this episode of The Sift , Nathan and Jeff turn to 1 Samuel 30, where David returns to Ziklag and finds the city burned and the families of his men taken captive. At one of the lowest moments of his life, David strengthens himself in the Lord, seeks God’s direction, and sets out in pursuit. The result is a remarkable rescue in which everything that had been taken is restored. The chapter also reveals someth
Episode 34: How Does God Respond When We Make a Mess? (opens the original)
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What does God do when our own choices leave us trapped in a situation we cannot escape on our own? In 1 Samuel 29, David finds himself marching with the Philistine army as it prepares to fight Israel. After sixteen months of hiding among Israel’s enemies, David now faces the possibility of fighting against his own people. Yet God provides an unexpected way out through the objections of the Philistine commanders.In this episode of The Sift, Nathan and Jeff consider the deceitfulness of sin, the s
Episode 33: Looking for Answers in the Wrong Places (opens the original)
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What happens when someone repeatedly rejects the Lord? In 1 Samuel 28, Saul faces an enemy and wants God’s guidance. But he does not want to repent, surrender, or obey. After rejecting God’s Word from the prophet, killing the priests, and turning on David, Saul discovers that heaven is silent. Desperate for another voice, he turns to a medium or witch at Endor and receives a message of judgment rather than hope. In this episode, Nathan and Jeff consider the danger of seeking direction from God w
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