Podcasts about crags

Felipe Camargo is a professional climber from Brazil and the first South American to climb 9b (5.15b). We talked about his humble beginnings in climbing and selling soda to fund his first competition, training for 5.15 on a 3-meter spray wall, how signing with Red Bull changed his life, why we climb, what he learned from Patxi Usobiaga, his new film Tropical Lines, climbing hotspots in South America, his current projects, and much more.Become a Patron:patreon.com/thenuggetclimbing Chalk Cartel:chalkcartel.comUse code "NUGGET" at checkout for 20% off your next order.PhysiVantage:physivantage.com (link includes 15% off coupon)Use code "NUGGET15" at checkout for 15% off your next order.Mad Rock:madrock.comUse code “NUGGET” at checkout for 10% off your next order.Crimpd:crimpd.comOr download the Crimpd app for free! We are supported by these amazing BIG GIVERS:Michael Roy, Craig Lee, Mark and Julie Calhoun, Yinan Liu, and Matt WalterShow Notes:  thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/felipe-camargoNuggets:(00:00:00) – Intro(00:01:17) – Felipe's intro to climbing(00:03:43) – Training on a small spray wall(00:05:54) – Ultimate Beastmaster(00:08:53) – Becoming the first South American to climb 9b(00:12:35) – Selling soda to fund his first competition(00:14:42) – World Championships in Spain(00:16:17) – Early sponsorships & traveling(00:19:57) – Signing with Red Bull & TNF(00:25:45) – Representing South America(00:26:56) – Papichulo 9a+ (5.15a)(00:28:33) – Goal oriented(00:34:20) – “Why do we do this?”(00:40:30) – Gancho Perfecto 9a+ (5.15a)(00:41:46) – Full Journey & Perfecto Mundo(00:44:20) – Training on a spray wall(00:47:44) – Learning from Patxi Usobiaga(00:50:56) – Being smarter with training(00:54:29) – When to specialize(00:57:22) – Felipe's training as a kid(00:59:48) – Tropical Lines(01:08:28) – Climbing conditions in Brazil(01:10:26) – Crags in Brazil(01:14:32) – Hotspots in South America(01:17:36) – More about Tropical Lines(01:19:20) – Auto Retrato 9a+(01:21:05) – The Grand Illusion V16(01:25:29) – Full Journey 9b (5.15b)(01:27:40) – El Bon Combat 9b (5.15b)(01:28:23) – Endurance on the Moonboard(01:33:35) – Wrap up & EXTRA teaser

Pour cet album, The Crags se retrouvent en trio, avec Sylvain à la guitare et au chant, Philippe aux claviers, et Tristan à la batterie. Happy Animals, c'est 8 morceaux pêchus et énergiques, ça fleure bon le pop-rock anglais et la tradition de boire du thé pendant un pogo. On […] The post The Crags – Happy Animals: Braves bêtes en quête de bonheur first appeared on Radio Vostok.

Pour cet album, The Crags se retrouvent en trio, avec Sylvain à la guitare et au chant, Philippe aux claviers, et Tristan à la batterie. Happy Animals, c'est 8 morceaux pêchus et énergiques, ça fleure bon le pop-rock anglais et la tradition de boire du thé pendant un pogo. On […] The post The Crags – Happy Animals: Braves bêtes en quête de bonheur first appeared on Radio Vostok.

In this episode, Allison and Kyra dive into the tricky world of climbing etiquette and ethics—both indoors and outdoors. From navigating social situations, like approaching someone with headphones in at the gym or downgrading someones "first of the grade", to managing the vibe at the crag when loud music takes over; they break down common dilemmas. Tune in as they explore how to balance personal preferences with respect for the climbing community, offering insights and practical tips for climbers of all levels.

In this episode we discover the world class climbing near Barcelona - that you never heard about before! Shai is re visiting us for the second time and together we have a great chat about 3 amazing, relatively unknown climbing areas, not far from the city of Barcelona. One has a mix of sandstone and limestone (at the same crag!), one is world class pocket climbing and one is wonderland for overhang juggy lovers. Sit back, enjoy and plan your next trip. Very fun conversation from two fanatic climbers (: Head to the website for show-notes and more: climbingdestinationspodcast.com https://www.patreon.com/ClimbingDestinationsPodcast **Training for climbing with the ClimbingPill** 20% off for your first month of training at the - climbingpill.com Enter "CDP24" at checkout.

We're back!! Thank you for being so patient whilst we had a bit of an extended break but we are so excited to be back with you for 2024!  And with some exciting news.. In case you didn't know on April the 27th we are heading to Crimecon Glasgow with our very own stand! A ticket includes a full day of speakers, you get to meet your favourite true crime podcasters and a buffet lunch!  We might even have a little gift for you!It's the perfect Mothers Day gift! Head to crimecon.co.uk to get your ticket and use the code Mums10 for your Mums Mysteries & Murder discount. In our first ep of 2024, we're in Edinburgh!! It's a listener request from our gorgeous editor Erin and it's the Salisbury Crags murder!  Otherwise known as the " Cliffy Hills murder" which spans Germany to Scotland. The sad story of Twenty-one-year-old Ernest Dumoulin and 18-year-old Helga Konrad who came to Edinburgh to elope and ended in murrrrrrrduuuuuur! We also chat about a possible "nice episode" where nothing happens to anyone, getting married at 16, and German stereotypes.  Sources for this episode are: Edinburgh Reporter Square Mile of Murder Podcast Edinburgh News Daily Record The ScotsmanMurder They Wrote PodcastFollow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mumsmysteriesandmurder/You can also support the pod and buy us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/mumsmysteriesandmurderAnd we would love it if you could give us a cheeky review & subscribe to make sure you don't miss an episode.

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Gary takes a look back at the story so far here on EYP as he revisits some of the highlights of the piping year as it draws to a close. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Guid New Year! Tune in for plenty more music in 2024!TracksRura with A Minor Emergency from Dusk Moon.Seonaidh MacIntyre and Ewen Henderson with Finn's Tune, Bàgh Dubh gu Buala Dubh, and Allan J. Nairn of Ceann Tràgha (all Seonaidh MacIntyre) from The Piper and the Maker 2 – Celebrating C People's Ford Boghall and Bathgate with the Mason's Apron and Cunningham's Fancy from Forte - Live at the Glasgow Royal Concert HallCallum Beaumont with the Crags of Stirling, MacBeth's Strathspey and Lt Col DJS Murray from the Young OnesTriton with Comfort Comfort from Rule of ThreeAndy May with Spence's Tent and Back to the Forge Recorded Live at Piping Live 2023Iain Speirs with the Edinburgh Piobaireachd recorded live at the Captain John MacLellan Memorial Recital Challenge, 2023inB with Maol Donaidh, Farewell to Decorum and Rakish Paddy recorded Live at the Bothy 2023Tannahill Weavers with ‘S an an ile   (find under Holiday Music on their website)Support the show

In this episode, we explore rock climbing in Australian landscapes focusing on the interactions between traditional owners and climbers through the lens of respect. This conversation is an audio exploration with Jerath Head, the author of "The geography of respect", a highly recommended read. Credits: Deniz Yildiz - Host & Producer Jerath Head - Guest Contributor ♪ -  Mountains Pt 2 & 3 DjRUM

In this episode of Club + Resort Talks, Club + Resort Business Senior Editor Phil Keren speaks with Mark Lewicki, Director of Sales and Marketing, and Lance Lauer, Acting Director of Grounds, at The Country Club of Castle Pines. In 2020, the Castle Rock, Colo. club opened its most unique golf amenity called The Crags—a massive, one-acre putting course built on a series of rocky crags on the western cliff directly behind the clubhouse. Learn more about the process and how this amenity has been received by members and guests. Keren and Editor Rob Thomas also discussed recent news posted on www.clubandresortbusiness.com, such as the work being done by PGA HOPE, charitable initiatives by Troon-affiliated properties and the upcoming Top Ranked Pro Shops initiative.

Introduction 1 Samuel 24:1-22 1 After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi.” 2 So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. 3 He came to the sheep pens along…

Today, Jay and Lee are joined by a legend of Cannon Cliff - Jon Sykes. A prolific developer with many first ascents under his belt, Jon brings a wealth of wisdom, advice, and wild tales to today's pod. Check out Jon's excellent climbing guides: The Notches: A Rock Climber's Guide to the Western White Mountains of New Hampshirehttps://www.amazon.com/Notches-Climbers-Western-Mountains-Hampshire/dp/069281762XSecrets of the Notch: A Guide to Rock & Ice Climbing on Cannon Cliff and the Crags of Franconia Notchhttps://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Notch-Climbing-Cannon-Franconia/dp/188606413XWe have a Patreon! We would be so grateful for your support of the First Ascent Podcast. Learn more here: https://www.patreon.com/FirstAscentPodcastDo you have a listener question or a topic idea? Let us know at @firstascentpod on Instagram! Jay and Lee can be found at @jayknower and @xxleeweexx Disclaimer: The information expressed in this episode is for entertainment purposes only, and is not intended as, nor should it be interpreted as, informational or instructional.Check out our sister podcast, Brand New Information!

Dregs of Crags time again baby! We've got a real good one for you this time! We discuss someone's unfortunate waterslide incident, a very specific offer for a farmhand, as well as my inflatable daughter (TM)! Find out more at https://dregs-of-craigs.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/dregs-of-craigs/35cd2f75-57b4-4382-ad33-24e7781a1448 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Diep in de Crags, achter de Neverwinter Woods, vindt Raven meer dan hij ooit had gedacht. En Seram grijpt nog nét niet naar de popcorn! Nog altijd werken veel partijen mee aan een tof verhaal. Kijk op https://vechelfantasy.com/sponsors voor de complete lijst aan sponsoren :D . Sowieso kun je 5% korting krijgen als je bij http://www.peercreations.nl/ bestelt met de code VECHEL2022. "DnDutch Verhaallijn" and other materials by Vechel Fantasy is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. (C) Wizards of the Coast LLC. The music tracks are made by Arcane Anthems. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. I am a proud Patreon supporter!

Raven en Seram zijn op weg naar de Crags. Wat zullen ze daar aantreffen? Nog altijd werken veel partijen mee aan een tof verhaal. Kijk op https://vechelfantasy.com/sponsors voor de complete lijst aan sponsoren :D . Sowieso kun je 5% korting krijgen als je bij http://www.peercreations.nl/ bestelt met de code VECHEL2022. "DnDutch Verhaallijn" and other materials by Vechel Fantasy is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. (C) Wizards of the Coast LLC. The music tracks are made by Arcane Anthems. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. I am a proud Patreon supporter!

Join members of the Visit Colorado Springs team as they discuss their favorite outdoor winter activities around the Pikes Peak Region. From snowshoeing to off-roading, there's plenty to do in the winter months. If you're lucky, you might even run into a mysterious Scottish man in a suit on your adventures. 

1 Samuel 24 David Spares Saul's Life 24 [a]After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi.” 2 So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. 3 He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. 4 The men said, “This is the day the Lord spoke of when he said[b] to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.'” Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul's robe. 5 Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. 6 He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord's anointed, or lay my hand on him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.” 7 With these words David sharply rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way. 8 Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. 9 He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is bent on harming you'? 10 This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed.' 11 See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. See that there is nothing in my hand to indicate that I am guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life. 12 May the Lord judge between you and me. And may the Lord avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. 13 As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,' so my hand will not touch you. 14 “Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? 15 May the Lord be our judge and decide between us. May he consider my cause and uphold it; may he vindicate me by delivering me from your hand.” 16 When David finished saying this, Saul asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” And he wept aloud. 17 “You are more righteous than I,” he said. “You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly. 18 You have just now told me about the good you did to me; the Lord delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me. 19 When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the Lord reward you well for the way you treated me today. 20 I know that you will surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands. 21 Now swear to me by the Lord that you will not kill off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father's family.” 22 So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold. Matthew 5:21-26 (an additional scripture)

S3E79 Donnie Secreast joins Ash to discuss Plath's nonchalantly brilliant poem, Hardcastle Crags. Set in the Yorkshire Dales, of great interest for its ecological themes and musical intricacy.  Read Donnie's article here:  muse.jhu.edu/article/750706 And follow her on Twitter:  @donniesecreast If you enjoy my work and would like to support Ear Read This, you can do so here: https://ko-fi.com/earreadthis Merchandise!  https://ear-read-this.creator-spring.com/   Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound.  @earreadthis earreadthis@gmail.com facebook.com/earreadthis

Follow up chat with Rich Carlson about Canyon Guides International. For more information about the Totem: Home - Totem Rigging For more information about Canyons and Crags courses: Home - canyonsandcrags.com to follow Rich on Instagram: Rich Carlson (@rcwildone) • Instagram photos and videos To follow Rich on Facebook: (1) Rich Carlson | For mor information about Canyon Guides International: Canyon Guides International | Serving professional canyon guides worldwide. Facebook To become a member of my Patreon community: The Canyons Are Calling is creating Podcast | Patreon Background music by Chris Zollinger Steel Drum | United States | Z The Handpan Man Intro music by Tig Booth nathaniel.booth@gmail.com My website thecanyonsarecalling.com has more information about each person as well as links to other canyon resources. If you would like to be a guest on the show or know some one that would make a good guest reach out to me at thecanyonarecalling@gmail.com The canyons are calling. Let's go! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shirlz-rox/message

Today I chat with Rich Carlson about Mexico, Canyons and Crags, the Totem, VT prussik and canyons. For more information about the Totem: Home - Totem Rigging For more information about Canyons and Crags courses: Home - canyonsandcrags.com to follow Rich on Instagram: Rich Carlson (@rcwildone) • Instagram photos and videos To follow Rich on Facebook: (1) Rich Carlson | Facebook To become a member of my Patreon community: The Canyons Are Calling is creating Podcast | Patreon Background music by Chris Zollinger Steel Drum | United States | Z The Handpan Man Intro music by Tig Booth nathaniel.booth@gmail.com My website thecanyonsarecalling.com has more information about each person as well as links to other canyon resources. If you would like to be a guest on the show or know some one that would make a good guest reach out to me at thecanyonarecalling@gmail.com The canyons are calling. Let's go! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shirlz-rox/message

In this episode, Annie and Jenny continue their exploration of the women found in the margins of the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal. It's Edinburgh in the early 1900s, and a climbing expedition up the Salisbury Crags is derailed when the public notice that there are women climbing alongside the men. Determined, the women keep climbing, but are forced to the edges of the day. This is the beginnings of The Scottish Ladies Climbing Club, founded by Jane Inglis Clark. Jane was the definition of trailblazing and believed that everyone, regardless of gender, deserved to explore the outdoors. The geologic significance of the Salisbury Crags as well as the ancient mythology swirling around Arthur's seat are uncovered in this trip to Auld Reekie. This is the second episode of our new series, Radical Mountain Women, funded by the Royal Society of Literature, and is inspired by the writing of the Scottish Mountaineering Journal. Some of the music you heard in this episode was beautifully played by Nicky Murray and Chloe Rodgers. You can support Stories of Scotland on Patreon! www.patreon.com/storiesofscotland References: Karen Stockham, ‘It went down into the very form and fabric of myself: Women's Mountaineering Life-Writing 1808-1960,' PhD Thesis, University of Exeter, 2012 National Library of Scotland, ‘Aiming High: About Jane Inglis Clark,' https://reveal.nls.uk/aiming-high/about-jane-inglis-clark/ William Inglis Clark, ‘Some Climbs on the Salisbury Crags,' Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal, Vol.6, Edinburgh, 1900

Seredan must prove her worth to her Patron, but the other members of the Wayward Watch are being pulled along for the ride! Music Attributions: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100340 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Angevin 120 loop by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200111 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400022 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100297 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400051 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talesofaneria/support

With the Trial of the Crags complete, the Wayward Watch reunites to continue their journey to Terrebaun. After nearly a month on The Long Road, the journey is (hopefully) coming to a close. Music Attributions: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100340 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Angevin 120 loop by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200111 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400022 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100297 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400051 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talesofaneria/support

Two legends of the Boulder rock climbing community—Greg German and Steve “Crusher” Bartlett—join c0-hosts Russ Rizzo and Will Carr to discuss their love of climbing and what they're doing to preserve some of America's best rock climbing areas for generations to come.

This recording was gathered on a breezy winter day in Castle Crags Wilderness, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. It had been misting earlier in the day and the mist that collected on the foliage of the nearby Red Fir and White Fir trees can be heard dripping onto the snow. I am very grateful for my monthly supporters and those of you that have made a donation. Your contributions help a lot and motivate me to continue providing you with natural sound. Thank you! If you'd like to become a monthly supporter you can do so by clicking the link at the end of this podcast description. It's the best way to contribute to the podcast. You can also become a monthly supporter by visiting the donation page at the website for the podcast, https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/, where you also have the option of making a one time donation. I would very much appreciate your contribution. You can see pictures of the area this was recorded, as well as pictures from other locations I have gathered recordings, by visiting the Instagram and Facebook pages for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. Questions? Email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com I hope that wherever you are, your year is off to a good start. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

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With the Trial of the Crags complete, the Wayward Watch reunites to continue their journey to Terrebaun. After nearly a month on The Long Road, the journey is (hopefully) coming to a close.Check out the world of Aneria here: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/aneria-niburuI'd appreciate it if you'd consider supporting the channel by becoming a member!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jQ2IsZj_CAS0bZgA6O2pA/joinFollow us here:https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDoptimized/​https://www.facebook.com/DD-Optimized...​https://twitter.com/dndoptimized​http://www.tiktok.com/@dndoptimized​Recap (0:00)Intro (12:20)Discussions with Dieties (12:45)The Steelwind Oak (23:09)The Wayward Watch Reunited (35:55)Back on the Road (52:15)Cinderhearth (1:14:20)The Outskirts of Terrebaun (1:22:39)Earthshaking (1:38:45)CharactersCory - DMDallin - Ezra (Half Orc/Half Elf - Fighter 5)Scott - Bolt (Warforged - Artificer 5)Torrey - Eve (Half Elf - Paladin 5)Colby - Seredan (Half Elf/Half Dwarf - Warlock 5)Preston - Victor (Genasi - Rogue 5)Character Sheets - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wvtT4k0kh8SUFvMdCBehasSKhrgJC349?usp=sharingMusic Attributions:Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100340Artist: http://incompetech.com/Angevin 120 loop by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200111Artist: http://incompetech.com/Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400022Artist: http://incompetech.com/Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100297Artist: http://incompetech.com/Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400051Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Good to see Eragon get some training that will further his education. Don't let anyone tell you differently, education is important. As we all know, Eragon might not have CURSED A KID if he was fully educated. Producer's: Chip and ArmenEditor: ChipMusic: Oscar BarbazaArtwork: Bertie TaylorPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/flightsthroughalagaesiaContactEmail: flightsthroughalagaesia@gmail.comFacebook: Flights Through AlagaesiaReddit User: Flights Thro AlagaesiaTwitter: TheFTApod

1 Samuel 24-31 After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi.” So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. The men said, “This is the day the Lord spoke of when he said to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.'” Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul's robe.  

Seredan must prove her worth to her Patron, but the other members of the Wayward Watch are being pulled along for the ride!Check out the world of Aneria here: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/aneria-niburuI'd appreciate it if you'd consider supporting the channel by becoming a member!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jQ2IsZj_CAS0bZgA6O2pA/joinFollow us here:https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDoptimized/​https://www.facebook.com/DD-Optimized...​https://twitter.com/dndoptimized​http://www.tiktok.com/@dndoptimized​Recap (0:00)Intro (15:45)A look back (16:10)Resting and Relaxing (26:42)The Patron's Challenge (30:00)The Trial of Shadows (43:36)The Trial of the Moon Beast (1:23:02)The Trial of Chains (1:35:23)Aventhi (1:53:15)Revelations (2:26:45)Outro (2:31:44)CharactersCory - DMDallin - Ezra (Half Orc/Half Elf - Fighter 5Scott - Bolt (Warforged - Artificer 5)Torrey - Eve (Half Elf - Paladin 5)Colby - Seredan (Half Elf/Half Dwarf - Warlock 5)Preston - Victor (Genasi - Rogue 5)Character Sheets - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wvtT4k0kh8SUFvMdCBehasSKhrgJC349?usp=sharingMusic Attributions:Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100340Artist: http://incompetech.com/Angevin 120 loop by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200111Artist: http://incompetech.com/Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400022Artist: http://incompetech.com/Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100297Artist: http://incompetech.com/Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400051Artist: http://incompetech.com/

It's always darkest before the dawn. Our job is to trust in God and to find the courage and the resolve to not just overcome the obstacles in our paths, but to embrace them. Today I'll tell you about a few of my own experiences embracing the boulders in my life and the beauty and joy that I have witnessed as a result. In life and in business there are seasons of struggle. The lesson that Marcus and I have to offer you today applies to both, and we hope that it helps you if you are struggling right now.  In this episode, Marcus shares a story with us that he's never told before. He talks about a period in his life where he experienced burnout and heartbreak in his job and how this led to losing his connection with God. He speaks of the Hell of God's absence in his life and the despair of "just going through the motions". Finally, he'll tell you what allowed him to rediscover the Lord's presence and what we hope to accomplish together next.  In this episode, we cover: - Ashlee and her family's hiking experience climbing the Crags and what she learned from that trip - The fact that boulders will always appear in your life when you're about to make a breakthrough - How pushing through and embracing the challenges you encounter will lead to great rewards - The importance of not getting hung up on what you don't have, but focusing on what you do - Marcus Black's views on Hell - How observing someone else's passion and faith can inspire your own SHOW NOTES: https://ashleefay.com/episode51 Purchase a ticket to Embrace Your Ambition Dallas: October 14th to 17th, 2021: http://eyacon.com  

Everyone wants to be remembered. Everyone wants to build a significant life. But not everyone desires to build a life that lasts. Harnessing the metaphor of ancient castles, today's episode discusses key principles in how to build a life and eternal legacy that outlive you and also how to prepare for tough times when they come. Don't just build for today - build for forever! Visit and subscribe to my blog at: www.graceopens.blogspot.com Twitter: @opentograce2015 Instagram: @opentogracealaska Parler: @Opentogracealaska MeWe: Katherine Singer

Welcome to Sound Escapes from BBC Countryfile Magazine – your chance for a relaxing escape into nature no matter how busy you are. In this episode, it's late afternoon in early April 2021 and we're at a rocky escarpment in the southern Brecon Beacons. It's a clear sunny day and a pair of peregrine falcons are prospecting for a nest site on the crags of old quarried cliff faces. Their cries and calls can be heard above the early evening chorus of robins, blackbirds and sheep. Presented by Hannah Tribe and recorded by Fergus Collins. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Kinder Plateau may sit on the doorstep of Manchester and Sheffield, but step onto it and you can find yourself experiencing a true wilderness in winter, a desert in summer and a soul-lifting day out at any time of the year. Peter Judd takes us there.

We're back with another Scottish case! This time we're talking about the Salisbury Crags Murder from 1970s Edinburgh.  In late September 1972, 21-year-old Ernest Dumoulin and his 18-year-old German fiance Helga Konrad eloped to Scotland. Despite not having Helga's parents' permission to marry, the two seemed like every other young couple in love. But everything fell apart after a trip to Edinburgh's Salisbury Crags.  FURTHER READING: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4034710-close-and-deadly (Close & Deadly: Chilling Murders in the Heart of Edinburgh (Alanna Knight)) https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2012/10/the-infamous-salisbury-crags-murder/ (The Infamous Salisbury Crags Murder) https://www.scotsman.com/news/dumoulin-case-romance-ended-brutal-killing-2444126 (Dumoulin case: Romance ended in brutal killing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJL5Os9H_E (Theme from A Love Story)  ----------------------------------------------- https://pod.link/1499149474 (Like the show? Give us a rating and review!) Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/squaremileofmurder (Patreon) Get our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gQT5pj (Newsletter) Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/pg/squaremilepod/ (Facebook) https://www.instagram.com/squaremileofmurder/ (Instagram) https://squaremileofmurder.com/ (Squaremileofmurder.com) https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/square-mile-of-murder (Square Mile of Murder Merch) Support this podcast

This was recorded on a blustery night in a stand of tall Red Fir and White Fir trees near Little Castle Lake in Castle Crags Wilderness, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. I was camped out in the snow not far from where this recording was made, and I set my recording rig up to record the wind overnight. The night was very windy and I was camped closer to a standing dead tree than I should have been, so I laid awake most of the night hoping that a branch or even the whole tree wouldn't blow down on my campsite. Luckily, it didn't. And thanks to some creative use of snow, I was able to get this recording with only minimal microphone wind noise. Which means I was able to capture the sound of the wind in the trees and not the unpleasant sound of the wind hitting the microphone. If you'd like to see pictures of the area I recorded this, and how I used the snow to protect my microphone from the wind, I will be posting them on the Instagram account for the podcast. You can find it by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. Sound By Nature is produced by me with the generous support of listeners like you. If you appreciate field recordings which have been gathered mindfully with respect for nature, and are completely free from advertising, perhaps you would like to support the podcast as well. Will you help me continue to provide you with these recordings by becoming a supporter? Your support will be used help me keep giving you ad free, thoughtfully collected natural sound. I hope that you will consider supporting the podcast if you can. You can do so by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description, thanks! Thank you very much to my supporters for your monthly support. Your contributions have helped me upgrade my equipment, which has hopefully improved your listening experience, they have helped cover the costs associated with gathering these recordings, and they motivate me to continue providing you with natural sounds. Recently your contributions have helped me purchase materials to make wind protection for my microphone, you can see pictures of my handiwork on my Instagram. Also, thank you to everyone that has taken the time to rate and review the podcast, and the few of you who have reached out by email. I really appreciate it. If you have any questions, comments, or criticisms you can email the podcast at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com. If you'd like to see a few pictures from some of the places these episodes were recorded, check out the Facebook and Instagram pages for the podcast, you can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. I really hope that these recordings provide you with a bit of solace from the many stresses of life. Whether you use them to ease you into a restful night of sleep, help you achieve a meditative state of mind, or just for stress relieving natural ambience, I hope they benefit you in some small way. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, and stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

This was recorded on a clear and sunny morning in a stand of Red and White Fir trees, after it had snowed the night before, in Castle Crags Wilderness, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, California. As the sun warmed the snow covered trees towering above, it began to melt the snow, which rained down onto the snowy forest floor. Sound By Nature is produced by me with the generous support of listeners like you. If you appreciate field recordings which have been gathered mindfully with respect for nature, and are completely free from advertising, perhaps you would like to support the podcast as well. Will you help me continue to provide you with these recordings by becoming a supporter? Your support will be used help me keep giving you ad free, thoughtfully collected natural sound. I hope that you will consider supporting the podcast if you can. You can do so by clicking the support link at the end of this podcast description, thanks! Thank you very much to my supporters for your monthly support. Your contributions have helped me upgrade my equipment, which has hopefully improved your listening experience, they have helped cover the costs associated with gathering these recordings, and they motivate me to continue providing you with natural sounds. Also, thank you to everyone that has taken the time to rate and review the podcast, and the few of you who have reached out by email. I really appreciate it. If you have any questions, comments, or criticisms you can email the podcast at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com. If you'd like to see a few pictures from some of the places these episodes were recorded, check out the Facebook and Instagram pages for the podcast, you can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. I hope that these recordings are able to provide you with a bit of relief from the stresses of these chaotic times. Whether you use them to help you fall asleep, achieve a meditative state of mind, provide you with a little natural ambience, or whatever you use them for; I really hope they help. Making them definitely helps me, and I am truly thankful to you all for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, and stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundbynature/support

Breakfast is over! Janessa is done with your bullsh*t! Let's find the Forgotten Caverns! The Rowdy Boys make plans to reach the Silvervein orc tribe by means of the caverns beneath the Crags. The Resisters hope to make allies of the orcs, it's a long shot but will be worth it if they succeed. But the crew runs into trouble while crossing Lake Lariosa on their way to the Cragfoot entrance. Uncle Dunc helps lead the way as the boys defend their ship. Will they make it? Find out today!   In this episode, we somehow tore open a rip in spacetime and were plagued by multiverse versions of ourselves messing with the audio quality.  We consulted a few people about it and it was deemed unfixable by the Norse Gods of Audio and Hopefully the last bag of tricks 2020 has cursed us with.  Happy Holidays and New Year, look for more of Season 3 early 2021. Love ya! Andrew Palmer - Dungeon Master and Creator, Micah Jordan - Thelneous, Collin Allen - Khol-Uun, Brad Kinnison - Rory, Taylor Haydel - Eyas, Graphic Design, and Sound Design Sam Anderson - Composer, Darin Pegram - Sound FX Visit www.chasmquest.com to find our map, wiki page, and character bios. Support us at: www.patreon.com/chasmquest  Join us on Discord at: https://discordapp.com/invite/6PTKPcn  Instagram and Twitter: @ChasmQuest ChasmQuest is a D&D podcast where we use the Dungeons and Dragons 5e system, a tabletop roleplaying game (ttrpg), to tell you a story. We blend the styles of actual play DnD RPG and audio drama to bring you a fun-filled adventure with both hilarity and heart pounding action. You're sure to fall in love with our PCs and NPCs in this completely original fantasy world and narrative. Listen now as the dice determine our destiny.

As we continue our study through Mark Batterson's book "Soul Print", Pastor Tom Rakoczy teaches us that God won't get us to where He wants us to go until we become who He wants us to be, without compromising our integrity. Listen as we learn to submit our lives to God's authority by living with integrity!

A new MP3 sermon from Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Breaching the Lofty Crags Subtitle: Guest Preachers and Speakers Speaker: Will Wood Broadcaster: Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 6/23/2013 Bible: Obadiah 1:14-14 Length: 46 min.

Over Labor Day weekend, climbers at Whitehorse Ledge, New Hampshire hung large Pride and Black Lives Matter flags from the cliffs along with a canoe. The event sparked debate among the climbing community. Listen to the Climbing staff discuss whether or not demonstrations belong at our crags, and why it's impossible to separate climbing from politics. Plus, another game of Guess That Gram.

The fight to free the Crags reaches its climax.

The operation to liberate the Crags reaches its climax.

The Disciples of Sinjin travel with Tibbolds and Zorrin on a mission for the Mystic Arcanium to the Crags of Yaktar. At the Crags, our heroes encounter a camp of orcs and their mission turns into a rescue attempt to save the hobgoblin prisoners. Background music credit: Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Local, Lions, and Vanui plan to break Kaa's grip on the Crags.

Local, Lions, and Vanui plan to break Kaa's grip on the Crags.

Witness Account: I.W,  OK guys I'm going to tell you about my Bigfoot encounter, It has taken me along time to come forward with what happened to me that day, but I feel that I am ready to finally tell all. It happened years ago in the month of October back in 98, myself and my family lived in a rural area of Yorkshire in a village called Bramham. Its a countryside area, with lots of farms, a quarry and some rivers and streams, I liked to walk my dog around the lanes and tracks when I had finished work of an evening as it was a way for me to wind down and get some air. On that particular evening I'm out walking with my dog down a long farm track, a route we often take. It was early evening so it was about 8 pm and it had gotten dark. Myself and the dog are just walking along, I let the dog off the lead so he could have a run as we are about half a mile up this single farm track by then and there were no animals or people around, so I let him have a sniff around. As I walked the dog is just doing his own thing, It was quiet with no sign of anyone around. I was enjoying the walk, there are hedges on both sides of the track the whole way so its hard to see clearly into the fields, and there are some woods to one side of me.As we walked even further along the track the dog suddenly stops, he freezes and looks up the track in the direction we are walking. He must be aware of something up there as he starts growling and acting all strange, his heckles are up and he growls continuously. At that point I'm thinking it must be a fox, which is the way he's acted before if we came across one. So I'm looking at the track to try and see a fox, I  cant see anything anywhere, no Fox no cat or any other animal. I can see how worked up he is, as now he is going mad and starts barking loudly.  I had carried on walking so by this point he was a short way behind me, so I turn to the dog to try and calm him but he won't stop, if anything he's getting worse, Something has really spooked him so I turn to look up the track and I couldn't believe my eyes. Standing there looking at us was this thing. A massive creature was stood there looking back in our direction, it must have walked between 8 to 9 foot steps out onto the field track before I had seen it, and now I can see it clearly and it can see us. At this point im in complete shock at what I was seeing, I kept thinking "it cant be real"  I honestly dont think my brain couldn't process what I was seeing, because standing there in the field track was a huge creature of some kind, it was massively built and was about 5 foot wide across the shoulders and about 8 ft tall. I couldn't make out any facial features as the face was in shadow, but I could make out that it was covered in hair, it was standing about 30 meters from me so I could see it clearly but I could not make out any features even from that distance, it made no sound and I never smelt or heard anything.To my disbelief at that moment the dog runs straight towards it, the dogs barking as he runs in its direction, but the dog stopped about 15 meters away from this thing, he was clearly scared and just didn't know how to react, he had completely forgotten about me and thats a first for my dog, usually he would put my needs first and maybe that what he was doing as he was by now in between me and this creature, but I could tell I was the last thing on his mind at this point.  The dog barks a few more time's then he turns and runs straight past me and back up the farm track to safety the way we came in.No doubt now you can imagine how stunned I was. The whole incident had lasted only seconds and I was just stood there paralysed and trying to process what I had just seen. I must of been in shock, because what I did next I did without conscious though, and I can't explain why I did it, but as I'm stood there looking at this creature I nod  my head quickly and I say "Alright" to it.  (I know thats crazy but thats what I did) then I just calmly turned around and just started walking back down the field track after my dog, all the time listening for this creature coming behind me, I was completely s$*&ng myself, I think I acted without thinking as I never looked back up that track until I got to the dog and I couldn't see anything in the field anymore when I did.  I didn't report this for years and years, until other people came forward in secret and started to share their accounts online with each other.  I had no idea what a Bigfoot was back then, now years on from seeing them online, I can say without doubt it looked like it was an exact match.I have spoken with this witness on numerous occasions, and I did get in touch this week to let him know another person had come forward from the same area. (If you look at the screen grab of the map there is only a few fields between them) and I did also manage to get a few minor details to add to the first statement. I asked if the dog spooked easily or was highly strung but the dog had never acted like this before, and it was used to walking the fields and woods and had encountered most of the UK's animal life, The creature in question was a similar shape to the usual Sasquatch shape that you see, tall with broad shoulders and a huge chest and it was hairy, the face was in shadow so no features were seen, but there was an interesting titbit when I asked about facial features. The witness said he realised now that the creature did look left into the treeline, it had looked to the left very sharply as if trying to hide the movement, which made me wonder if this was a group or clan back in the trees and the one individual I spotted was caught out in the filed as it was the scout or alpha male maybe?I wonder if this was an accidental sighting as the gent and the dog walked upon some unsuspecting family group or was the creature waiting there to be seen and to be seen by this one particular person, as they have some ability to pick up on the creatures, or something unique about him that enabled him to see something clearly that others would not?  Was it looking back to save family members or was it being commanded by something hiding in those trees.If you would like to join our Worldwide community please contact us using debbiehatswell@gmail.com. All abilities welcome, no experience needed. Help us investigate these cases or chat with fellow members online.#BBR is a non profit Organisation, run by volunteers. Please click LIKE or SUBSCRIBE to show support. Feel free to SHARE.Copyright ©2005-2021 All Rights Reserved.

SALISBURY CRAGS The terracotta curtainCollects the evening sunBy hanging the cliff-face,In the air,Tipping back upon itself Like a broken flagstone,Cantilevered,Against the Momentary city,Angling back,Effortlessly,Towards the sky,Revealing the groundBeneath our feet,The hard rock,Floating in space,The Dolerite layersThe Basalt columns,Aligned withSlide-rule perfectionBy nature's Eye,A seamlessCounterweight, to The random geometryOf Edinburgh’sSloping silhouette.

From the undersea world of thresher sharks and sardine schools I make my way north to explore the higher altitudes of North Luzon. With my visa extended, there was no excuse not to give the Philippines a proper lap.

Speak of the Blessed Islands men from the Ocean’s brim. Truth is hid in their endless billows and mist-wreaths dim. Tell of the T’ien-mu Mountain men in the land of Yore, Seen there, when rainbows scatter, and clouds conceal no more! Reaching up to the zenith, the skyline it seems to fill, Huge like the Sacred Mountains piled over Ch’ihch’eng Hill. T’ien-t’ai Mountain is fifty myriads of feet in height, Crushing, about to fall, soaring in awful might! Seeing, I longed to dream of Wu and the land of Yore: Flew one night on a moonbeam over the Mirror’s shore. Moon, that reflected my shadow dark on the lake below, Carried me thence to Yen-ch’i, land that the spirits know. Place where the ancient Hsieh dwelt is yet to be seen. Gibbons howl by the water dimpling so purely green. Bound on my feet the clogs were used by Hsieh of old, Mounting the dun clouds ladder, halfway up I behold Sea and Sun; and I hear mystic carols in Space. Crags and hollows commingled, hard is the road to trace. Flower-drugged, I lean on a rock. Lo! Night her shadow flings! Bears’ roars and dragons’ bellowings boom over rocks and springs! Startled, how forests quake on ridge over ridge of crags! Black are the sombre clouds, waiting the rain to pour. Placid the water still; above it the mist wraith lags. Flash! and the hollow hills blasting the lightning tore. Crash! and the stone gates burst of the vaulted sky in twain. Boundless those azure spaces; end is there none in view. Sunlight and moonbeams commingle golden and silver hue. Clad in rainbows, and mounted on coursers of rapid wind, Lords of the clouds come trooping; and trooping more behind. Tiger roar of the drums, psalteries’ oriole note. Orderly mixing disorder, crowding the genii float. Suddenly feared my soul; twanging my spirit leapt. Startled and trembling sprang I. Sorely I sighed and wept, Feeling that I was awake; that it was but a dream now past. Gone all those roseate hues the mist-wreaths had mingled last! Thus are the joys of life! for all things pass away. Streamlike flowing a-down, old Time will never stay. Now, as I bid you farewell, when will you turn again, Over the verdant mountains loosing the White Deer’s rein? Wishing to go, we ride it seeking the famous hills…. Eyes must I bow, and body bending, submit to serve Rich and powerful below, where never I may deserve Happy a thought to think, or carelessly laugh at ills?

Crags of life make us want to slip - but there is One who prepares and strengthens us to overcome and steady our steps. Bold Truth today is Psalm 18:32-34 TLB.

1 Samuel 22 (NIV)David at Adullam and Mizpah1 David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there. 2 All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him.3 From there David went to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?” 4 So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.5 But the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.Saul Kills the Priests of Nob6 Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul was seated, spear in hand, under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with all his officials standing at his side. 7 He said to them, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds? 8 Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.”9 But Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul's officials, said, “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelek son of Ahitub at Nob. 10 Ahimelek inquired of the Lord for him; he also gave him provisions and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”11 Then the king sent for the priest Ahimelek son of Ahitub and all the men of his family, who were the priests at Nob, and they all came to the king. 12 Saul said, “Listen now, son of Ahitub.”“Yes, my lord,” he answered.13 Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has rebelled against me and lies in wait for me, as he does today?”14 Ahimelek answered the king, “Who of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king's son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household? 15 Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of his father's family, for your servant knows nothing at all about this whole affair.”16 But the king said, “You will surely die, Ahimelek, you and your whole family.”17 Then the king ordered the guards at his side: “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.”But the king's officials were unwilling to raise a hand to strike the priests of the Lord.18 The king then ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests.” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. 19 He also put to the sword Nob, the town of the priests, with its men and women, its children and infants, and its cattle, donkeys and sheep.20 But one son of Ahimelek son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to join David. 21 He told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord. 22 Then David said to Abiathar, “That day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, I knew he would be sure to tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of your whole family. 23 Stay with me; don't be afraid. The man who wants to kill you is trying to kill me too. You will be safe with me.”1 Samuel 23 (NIV)David Saves Keilah1 When David was told, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are looting the threshing floors,” 2 he inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?”The Lord answered him, “Go, attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”3 But David's men said to him, “Here in Judah we are afraid. How much more, then, if we go to Keilah against the Philistine forces!”4 Once again David inquired of the Lord, and the Lord answered him, “Go down to Keilah, for I am going to give the Philistines into your hand.” 5 So David and his men went to Keilah, fought the Philistines and carried off their livestock. He inflicted heavy losses on the Philistines and saved the people of Keilah. 6 (Now Abiathar son of Ahimelek had brought the ephod down with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)Saul Pursues David7 Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, “God has delivered him into my hands, for David has imprisoned himself by entering a town with gates and bars.” 8 And Saul called up all his forces for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.9 When David learned that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.” 10 David said, “Lord, God of Israel, your servant has heard definitely that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the town on account of me. 11 Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me to him? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Lord, God of Israel, tell your servant.”And the Lord said, “He will.”12 Again David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men to Saul?”And the Lord said, “They will.”13 So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.14 David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands.15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that[a] Saul had come out to take his life. 16 And Saul's son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God. 17 “Don't be afraid,” he said. “My father Saul will not lay a hand on you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this.” 18 The two of them made a covenant before the Lord. Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.19 The Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon? 20 Now, Your Majesty, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and we will be responsible for giving him into your hands.”21 Saul replied, “The Lord bless you for your concern for me. 22 Go and get more information. Find out where David usually goes and who has seen him there. They tell me he is very crafty. 23 Find out about all the hiding places he uses and come back to me with definite information. Then I will go with you; if he is in the area, I will track him down among all the clans of Judah.”24 So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Desert of Maon, in the Arabah south of Jeshimon. 25 Saul and his men began the search, and when David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Desert of Maon. When Saul heard this, he went into the Desert of Maon in pursuit of David.26 Saul was going along one side of the mountain, and David and his men were on the other side, hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his forces were closing in on David and his men to capture them, 27 a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly! The Philistines are raiding the land.” 28 Then Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why they call this place Sela Hammahlekoth.[b] 29 And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.[c]Footnotes:1 Samuel 23:15 Or he was afraid because1 Samuel 23:28 Sela Hammahlekoth means rock of parting.1 Samuel 23:29 In Hebrew texts this verse (23:29) is numbered 24:1.1 Samuel 24 (NIV)David Spares Saul's Life1 [a]After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi.” 2 So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats.3 He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. 4 The men said, “This is the day the Lord spoke of when he said[b] to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.'” Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul's robe.5 Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. 6 He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord's anointed, or lay my hand on him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.” 7 With these words David sharply rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way.8 Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. 9 He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is bent on harming you'? 10 This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed.' 11 See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. See that there is nothing in my hand to indicate that I am guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life. 12 May the Lord judge between you and me. And may the Lord avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. 13 As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,' so my hand will not touch you.14 “Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? 15 May the Lord be our judge and decide between us. May he consider my cause and uphold it; may he vindicate me by delivering me from your hand.”16 When David finished saying this, Saul asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” And he wept aloud. 17 “You are more righteous than I,” he said. “You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly. 18 You have just now told me about the good you did to me; the Lord delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me. 19 When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the Lord reward you well for the way you treated me today. 20 I know that you will surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands. 21 Now swear to me by the Lord that you will not kill off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father's family.”22 So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.Footnotes:1 Samuel 24:1 In Hebrew texts 24:1-22 is numbered 24:2-23.1 Samuel 24:4 Or “Today the Lord is saying1 Samuel 25 (NIV)David, Nabal and Abigail1 Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved down into the Desert of Paran.[a]2 A certain man in Maon, who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy. He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel. 3 His name was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. 5 So he sent ten young men and said to them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name. 6 Say to him: ‘Long life to you! Good health to you and your household! And good health to all that is yours!7 “‘Now I hear that it is sheep-shearing time. When your shepherds were with us, we did not mistreat them, and the whole time they were at Carmel nothing of theirs was missing. 8 Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be favorable toward my men, since we come at a festive time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever you can find for them.'”9 When David's men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David's name. Then they waited.10 Nabal answered David's servants, “Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days. 11 Why should I take my bread and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?”12 David's men turned around and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word. 13 David said to his men, “Each of you strap on your sword!” So they did, and David strapped his on as well. About four hundred men went up with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.14 One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal's wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings, but he hurled insults at them. 15 Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing. 16 Night and day they were a wall around us the whole time we were herding our sheep near them. 17 Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked man that no one can talk to him.”18 Abigail acted quickly. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs[b] of roasted grain, a hundred cakes of raisins and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys. 19 Then she told her servants, “Go on ahead; I'll follow you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.20 As she came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, there were David and his men descending toward her, and she met them. 21 David had just said, “It's been useless—all my watching over this fellow's property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good. 22 May God deal with David,[c] be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to him!”23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground. 24 She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say. 25 Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent. 26 And now, my lord, as surely as the Lord your God lives and as you live, since the Lord has kept you from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal. 27 And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.28 “Please forgive your servant's presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord's battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling. 30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler over Israel, 31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.”32 David said to Abigail, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.”35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request.”36 When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until daybreak. 37 Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone. 38 About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal and he died.39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal's wrongdoing down on his own head.”Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife. 40 His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.”41 She bowed down with her face to the ground and said, “I am your servant and am ready to serve you and wash the feet of my lord's servants.” 42 Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David's messengers and became his wife. 43 David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both were his wives. 44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Paltiel[d] son of Laish, who was from Gallim.Footnotes:1 Samuel 25:1 Hebrew and some Septuagint manuscripts; other Septuagint manuscripts Maon1 Samuel 25:18 That is, probably about 60 pounds or about 27 kilograms1 Samuel 25:22 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew with David's enemies1 Samuel 25:44 Hebrew Palti, a variant of Paltiel

1 Samuel 22 (NIV)David at Adullam and Mizpah1 David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there. 2 All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him.3 From there David went to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?” 4 So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.5 But the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.Saul Kills the Priests of Nob6 Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul was seated, spear in hand, under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with all his officials standing at his side. 7 He said to them, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds? 8 Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.”9 But Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul's officials, said, “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelek son of Ahitub at Nob. 10 Ahimelek inquired of the Lord for him; he also gave him provisions and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”11 Then the king sent for the priest Ahimelek son of Ahitub and all the men of his family, who were the priests at Nob, and they all came to the king. 12 Saul said, “Listen now, son of Ahitub.”“Yes, my lord,” he answered.13 Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has rebelled against me and lies in wait for me, as he does today?”14 Ahimelek answered the king, “Who of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king's son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household? 15 Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of his father's family, for your servant knows nothing at all about this whole affair.”16 But the king said, “You will surely die, Ahimelek, you and your whole family.”17 Then the king ordered the guards at his side: “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.”But the king's officials were unwilling to raise a hand to strike the priests of the Lord.18 The king then ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests.” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. 19 He also put to the sword Nob, the town of the priests, with its men and women, its children and infants, and its cattle, donkeys and sheep.20 But one son of Ahimelek son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to join David. 21 He told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord. 22 Then David said to Abiathar, “That day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, I knew he would be sure to tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of your whole family. 23 Stay with me; don't be afraid. The man who wants to kill you is trying to kill me too. You will be safe with me.”1 Samuel 23 (NIV)David Saves Keilah1 When David was told, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are looting the threshing floors,” 2 he inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?”The Lord answered him, “Go, attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”3 But David's men said to him, “Here in Judah we are afraid. How much more, then, if we go to Keilah against the Philistine forces!”4 Once again David inquired of the Lord, and the Lord answered him, “Go down to Keilah, for I am going to give the Philistines into your hand.” 5 So David and his men went to Keilah, fought the Philistines and carried off their livestock. He inflicted heavy losses on the Philistines and saved the people of Keilah. 6 (Now Abiathar son of Ahimelek had brought the ephod down with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)Saul Pursues David7 Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, “God has delivered him into my hands, for David has imprisoned himself by entering a town with gates and bars.” 8 And Saul called up all his forces for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.9 When David learned that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.” 10 David said, “Lord, God of Israel, your servant has heard definitely that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the town on account of me. 11 Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me to him? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Lord, God of Israel, tell your servant.”And the Lord said, “He will.”12 Again David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men to Saul?”And the Lord said, “They will.”13 So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there.14 David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands.15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that[a] Saul had come out to take his life. 16 And Saul's son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God. 17 “Don't be afraid,” he said. “My father Saul will not lay a hand on you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this.” 18 The two of them made a covenant before the Lord. Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.19 The Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon? 20 Now, Your Majesty, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and we will be responsible for giving him into your hands.”21 Saul replied, “The Lord bless you for your concern for me. 22 Go and get more information. Find out where David usually goes and who has seen him there. They tell me he is very crafty. 23 Find out about all the hiding places he uses and come back to me with definite information. Then I will go with you; if he is in the area, I will track him down among all the clans of Judah.”24 So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Desert of Maon, in the Arabah south of Jeshimon. 25 Saul and his men began the search, and when David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Desert of Maon. When Saul heard this, he went into the Desert of Maon in pursuit of David.26 Saul was going along one side of the mountain, and David and his men were on the other side, hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his forces were closing in on David and his men to capture them, 27 a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly! The Philistines are raiding the land.” 28 Then Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why they call this place Sela Hammahlekoth.[b] 29 And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.[c]Footnotes:1 Samuel 23:15 Or he was afraid because1 Samuel 23:28 Sela Hammahlekoth means rock of parting.1 Samuel 23:29 In Hebrew texts this verse (23:29) is numbered 24:1.1 Samuel 24 (NIV)David Spares Saul's Life1 [a]After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi.” 2 So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats.3 He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. 4 The men said, “This is the day the Lord spoke of when he said[b] to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.'” Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul's robe.5 Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. 6 He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord's anointed, or lay my hand on him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.” 7 With these words David sharply rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way.8 Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. 9 He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is bent on harming you'? 10 This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed.' 11 See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. See that there is nothing in my hand to indicate that I am guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life. 12 May the Lord judge between you and me. And may the Lord avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. 13 As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,' so my hand will not touch you.14 “Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? 15 May the Lord be our judge and decide between us. May he consider my cause and uphold it; may he vindicate me by delivering me from your hand.”16 When David finished saying this, Saul asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” And he wept aloud. 17 “You are more righteous than I,” he said. “You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly. 18 You have just now told me about the good you did to me; the Lord delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me. 19 When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the Lord reward you well for the way you treated me today. 20 I know that you will surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands. 21 Now swear to me by the Lord that you will not kill off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father's family.”22 So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.Footnotes:1 Samuel 24:1 In Hebrew texts 24:1-22 is numbered 24:2-23.1 Samuel 24:4 Or “Today the Lord is saying1 Samuel 25 (NIV)David, Nabal and Abigail1 Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved down into the Desert of Paran.[a]2 A certain man in Maon, who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy. He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel. 3 His name was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. 5 So he sent ten young men and said to them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name. 6 Say to him: ‘Long life to you! Good health to you and your household! And good health to all that is yours!7 “‘Now I hear that it is sheep-shearing time. When your shepherds were with us, we did not mistreat them, and the whole time they were at Carmel nothing of theirs was missing. 8 Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be favorable toward my men, since we come at a festive time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever you can find for them.'”9 When David's men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David's name. Then they waited.10 Nabal answered David's servants, “Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days. 11 Why should I take my bread and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?”12 David's men turned around and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word. 13 David said to his men, “Each of you strap on your sword!” So they did, and David strapped his on as well. About four hundred men went up with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.14 One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal's wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings, but he hurled insults at them. 15 Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing. 16 Night and day they were a wall around us the whole time we were herding our sheep near them. 17 Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked man that no one can talk to him.”18 Abigail acted quickly. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs[b] of roasted grain, a hundred cakes of raisins and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys. 19 Then she told her servants, “Go on ahead; I'll follow you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.20 As she came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, there were David and his men descending toward her, and she met them. 21 David had just said, “It's been useless—all my watching over this fellow's property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good. 22 May God deal with David,[c] be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to him!”23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground. 24 She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say. 25 Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent. 26 And now, my lord, as surely as the Lord your God lives and as you live, since the Lord has kept you from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal. 27 And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.28 “Please forgive your servant's presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord's battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling. 30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler over Israel, 31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.”32 David said to Abigail, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.”35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request.”36 When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until daybreak. 37 Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone. 38 About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal and he died.39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal's wrongdoing down on his own head.”Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife. 40 His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.”41 She bowed down with her face to the ground and said, “I am your servant and am ready to serve you and wash the feet of my lord's servants.” 42 Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David's messengers and became his wife. 43 David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both were his wives. 44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Paltiel[d] son of Laish, who was from Gallim.Footnotes:1 Samuel 25:1 Hebrew and some Septuagint manuscripts; other Septuagint manuscripts Maon1 Samuel 25:18 That is, probably about 60 pounds or about 27 kilograms1 Samuel 25:22 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew with David's enemies1 Samuel 25:44 Hebrew Palti, a variant of Paltiel

1 Samuel 22 (NIV) David at Adullam and Mizpah 1 David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there. 2 All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him. 3 From there David went to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?” 4 So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold. 5 But the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth. Saul Kills the Priests of Nob 6 Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul was seated, spear in hand, under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with all his officials standing at his side. 7 He said to them, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds? 8 Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.” 9 But Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul's officials, said, “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelek son of Ahitub at Nob. 10 Ahimelek inquired of the Lord for him; he also gave him provisions and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.” 11 Then the king sent for the priest Ahimelek son of Ahitub and all the men of his family, who were the priests at Nob, and they all came to the king. 12 Saul said, “Listen now, son of Ahitub.” “Yes, my lord,” he answered. 13 Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so that he has rebelled against me and lies in wait for me, as he does today?” 14 Ahimelek answered the king, “Who of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king's son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household? 15 Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of his father's family, for your servant knows nothing at all about this whole affair.” 16 But the king said, “You will surely die, Ahimelek, you and your whole family.” 17 Then the king ordered the guards at his side: “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.” But the king's officials were unwilling to raise a hand to strike the priests of the Lord. 18 The king then ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests.” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck them down. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. 19 He also put to the sword Nob, the town of the priests, with its men and women, its children and infants, and its cattle, donkeys and sheep. 20 But one son of Ahimelek son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to join David. 21 He told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord. 22 Then David said to Abiathar, “That day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, I knew he would be sure to tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of your whole family. 23 Stay with me; don't be afraid. The man who wants to kill you is trying to kill me too. You will be safe with me.” 1 Samuel 23 (NIV) David Saves Keilah 1 When David was told, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are looting the threshing floors,” 2 he inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” The Lord answered him, “Go, attack the Philistines and save Keilah.” 3 But David's men said to him, “Here in Judah we are afraid. How much more, then, if we go to Keilah against the Philistine forces!” 4 Once again David inquired of the Lord, and the Lord answered him, “Go down to Keilah, for I am going to give the Philistines into your hand.” 5 So David and his men went to Keilah, fought the Philistines and carried off their livestock. He inflicted heavy losses on the Philistines and saved the people of Keilah. 6 (Now Abiathar son of Ahimelek had brought the ephod down with him when he fled to David at Keilah.) Saul Pursues David 7 Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, “God has delivered him into my hands, for David has imprisoned himself by entering a town with gates and bars.” 8 And Saul called up all his forces for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men. 9 When David learned that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.” 10 David said, “Lord, God of Israel, your servant has heard definitely that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the town on account of me. 11 Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me to him? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Lord, God of Israel, tell your servant.” And the Lord said, “He will.” 12 Again David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men to Saul?” And the Lord said, “They will.” 13 So David and his men, about six hundred in number, left Keilah and kept moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there. 14 David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands. 15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that[a] Saul had come out to take his life. 16 And Saul's son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God. 17 “Don't be afraid,” he said. “My father Saul will not lay a hand on you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this.” 18 The two of them made a covenant before the Lord. Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh. 19 The Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon? 20 Now, Your Majesty, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and we will be responsible for giving him into your hands.” 21 Saul replied, “The Lord bless you for your concern for me. 22 Go and get more information. Find out where David usually goes and who has seen him there. They tell me he is very crafty. 23 Find out about all the hiding places he uses and come back to me with definite information. Then I will go with you; if he is in the area, I will track him down among all the clans of Judah.” 24 So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Desert of Maon, in the Arabah south of Jeshimon. 25 Saul and his men began the search, and when David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Desert of Maon. When Saul heard this, he went into the Desert of Maon in pursuit of David. 26 Saul was going along one side of the mountain, and David and his men were on the other side, hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his forces were closing in on David and his men to capture them, 27 a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly! The Philistines are raiding the land.” 28 Then Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why they call this place Sela Hammahlekoth.[b] 29 And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.[c] Footnotes: 1 Samuel 23:15 Or he was afraid because 1 Samuel 23:28 Sela Hammahlekoth means rock of parting. 1 Samuel 23:29 In Hebrew texts this verse (23:29) is numbered 24:1. 1 Samuel 24 (NIV) David Spares Saul's Life 1 [a]After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi.” 2 So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. 3 He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. 4 The men said, “This is the day the Lord spoke of when he said[b] to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.'” Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul's robe. 5 Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. 6 He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord's anointed, or lay my hand on him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.” 7 With these words David sharply rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way. 8 Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. 9 He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is bent on harming you'? 10 This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed.' 11 See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. See that there is nothing in my hand to indicate that I am guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life. 12 May the Lord judge between you and me. And may the Lord avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. 13 As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,' so my hand will not touch you. 14 “Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? 15 May the Lord be our judge and decide between us. May he consider my cause and uphold it; may he vindicate me by delivering me from your hand.” 16 When David finished saying this, Saul asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” And he wept aloud. 17 “You are more righteous than I,” he said. “You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly. 18 You have just now told me about the good you did to me; the Lord delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me. 19 When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the Lord reward you well for the way you treated me today. 20 I know that you will surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands. 21 Now swear to me by the Lord that you will not kill off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father's family.” 22 So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold. Footnotes: 1 Samuel 24:1 In Hebrew texts 24:1-22 is numbered 24:2-23. 1 Samuel 24:4 Or “Today the Lord is saying 1 Samuel 25 (NIV) David, Nabal and Abigail 1 Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved down into the Desert of Paran.[a] 2 A certain man in Maon, who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy. He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel. 3 His name was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite. 4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. 5 So he sent ten young men and said to them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name. 6 Say to him: ‘Long life to you! Good health to you and your household! And good health to all that is yours! 7 “‘Now I hear that it is sheep-shearing time. When your shepherds were with us, we did not mistreat them, and the whole time they were at Carmel nothing of theirs was missing. 8 Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be favorable toward my men, since we come at a festive time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever you can find for them.'” 9 When David's men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David's name. Then they waited. 10 Nabal answered David's servants, “Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days. 11 Why should I take my bread and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?” 12 David's men turned around and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word. 13 David said to his men, “Each of you strap on your sword!” So they did, and David strapped his on as well. About four hundred men went up with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies. 14 One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal's wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings, but he hurled insults at them. 15 Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing. 16 Night and day they were a wall around us the whole time we were herding our sheep near them. 17 Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked man that no one can talk to him.” 18 Abigail acted quickly. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs[b] of roasted grain, a hundred cakes of raisins and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys. 19 Then she told her servants, “Go on ahead; I'll follow you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal. 20 As she came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, there were David and his men descending toward her, and she met them. 21 David had just said, “It's been useless—all my watching over this fellow's property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good. 22 May God deal with David,[c] be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to him!” 23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground. 24 She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say. 25 Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent. 26 And now, my lord, as surely as the Lord your God lives and as you live, since the Lord has kept you from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal. 27 And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you. 28 “Please forgive your servant's presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord's battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling. 30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler over Israel, 31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.” 32 David said to Abigail, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.” 35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request.” 36 When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until daybreak. 37 Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone. 38 About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal and he died. 39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal's wrongdoing down on his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife. 40 His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.” 41 She bowed down with her face to the ground and said, “I am your servant and am ready to serve you and wash the feet of my lord's servants.” 42 Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David's messengers and became his wife. 43 David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both were his wives. 44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Paltiel[d] son of Laish, who was from Gallim. Footnotes: 1 Samuel 25:1 Hebrew and some Septuagint manuscripts; other Septuagint manuscripts Maon 1 Samuel 25:18 That is, probably about 60 pounds or about 27 kilograms 1 Samuel 25:22 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew with David's enemies 1 Samuel 25:44 Hebrew Palti, a variant of Paltiel

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Are you looking for some great live music along with a banging playlist from some of the best emerging artists new music tracks? Today could be your lucky day!!! From 7pm (GMT) tonight, we have just that for you. With the mighty METHODS joining me in the studio for a cracking live session. You'll going to love the playlist this week, with tracks from FALSE HEADS, Fond of Rudy, Hallan, SISTERAY, Safe To Swim, Good Foxy, Meta-Cassette, Little Brother Eli, Montauk Hotel, Honeyshake, Levy BAND, The Crags, downcast, Kings and Castles, Moonlight Parade, Cosmic Ninja, Brooke Law, Charlie Melrose and Broken BEAR. We also have the exclusive first play from Across The Sea with their brand new track.

This week's show features an interview with The Unlikely Candidates with music from Wes Anderson, Trapdoor Social, Laura Jane Grace, Autopilot, Little Brother Eli, The Dollyrots, The Moth & The Flame, Imperial Leisure, The Crags, Hippo Campus, Foxwarren & Carl Czaga! Hosted by Stac Edwards 11/27/2018

The Album Effect podcast episode 12 discusses Nasty by Beastie Boys, Bobby Tarantino II by Logic, Permanent Vacation by Aerosmith, and a listener submission from psychedelic rock band The Crags and their album, Bent. Plus, the new single, Red Lips, by soul/pop indie band, Heritage, and more. Hosted by Manny, Nick, Dave, and Britt.  The post #12 – Beastie Boys, Logic, Aerosmith appeared first on AudioGearz.

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From Crags & Clay :: Julius Buzzard, February 16, 2014

Your integrity is your destiny.

Introduction I can hardly imagine in life a more terrifying scenario than running for your life with some powerful and violent men chasing you, seeking to capture you, to bring you in, to interrogate you, to imprison you, to torture you, perhaps ultimately to kill you. That is a scene that has been played out again and again in history, but we saw it especially in the dark days of World War II. Nazi troops would win battles and conquer territory in Europe. On their heels would come the SS and the Gestapo, who would seek to weed out every Jew and every perceived threat to the Nazi state, including Christian leaders. Refugees would flee in the middle of the night, breathlessly waiting perhaps under a bridge while their Nazi pursuers would travel over them so close they could hear their conversations maybe as they lingered on the bridge. Others fled by train using falsified travel permits. They had to endure the suspense of Gestapo agents moving from railcar to railcar asking to see the papers. Others fled through the mountain passes into Switzerland, avoiding Nazi roadblocks only by going through forbidding mountain passes at night and in the winter. Some hid among the baggage and crates on freight ships who were sailing to neutral countries like Sweden. Their hearts are beating wildly, beads of sweat forming on their brows as Nazi guards with German shepherds inspected the cargo holds and got closer and closer to where they were hiding. Now, all of these refugees were fleeing because of terror. They were fleeing the might of the most powerful and most sinister force for evil the world had ever seen up to that point. But just take those pictures that are in your mind, perhaps from movies, perhaps from books, from history books, and multiply it in intensity and in number a hundredfold and then multiply it again, and picture what the days will be like when antichrist rules on the earth. What will it be like when he is ruling by the power of the indwelling prince of darkness, Satan himself? When he is able to do signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible, Jesus says? Seeking to draw from every human being on the face of the earth open worship as God, and seeking to exterminate anyone who will not do so. Brothers and sisters, I don't know if that day will come in our lifetime, but the press of this text is to get ready for it, to get ready for that test, to get ready for that trial, to not love your life so much in this world that you shrink from death for our Savior Jesus Christ. And I think even if it doesn't come in our lifetime, you will live a different kind of life if you do that, you'll just live a different kind of life. And so by the scripture here, by this passage, we are commanded to get ready for what is coming. That's precisely why Jesus gave us Matthew 24 and 25, to get us ready for the second coming of Christ and the events that will follow. Now, you know the context here. Jesus has predicted at the beginning of this chapter the total destruction of the temple, not one stone would be left on another. The disciples, all of them Jews, very troubled by this, did not expect it. Jesus frequently unsettled them by his teachings. I've often said before the “what would Jesus do?” thing only goes so far 'cause sometimes you're never sure what he was gonna do next. And so they would be shocked, even stunned, that the temple was going to be destroyed, and they came to him privately on the Mount of Olives and said, “Tell us, when will this happen, the destruction of the temple? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” And so Matthew 24 is Jesus's answer to that intricate question. We've already seen in Matthew 24:4-14, I believe, Jesus tracing out in general terms what life will be like between the first and second coming of Christ. Wars, rumors of wars, famines, earthquakes in various places. The agonies of a sin-cursed world. And an unfolding of redemptive history. The gospel of the kingdom being preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will come. So that just covers that whole long stretch that's been almost 2,000 years now. And then we spent two weeks looking at 24:15. This phrase, “the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel,” trying to understand it. In a nutshell, I think there are two things going on here. One is a clear description of the destruction of Jerusalem in 70, AD 70, by the Romans and Jesus therefore simply answering their question, “When will it be that not one stone will be left on another, everyone thrown down?” He was describing the circumstances then of the destruction of Jerusalem in the first century. More on that in this sermon. But I also believe that as it was, so it will be, all of those things just dress rehearsals for the final desolation of the temple by the antichrist and events that are going to bring in the second coming of Christ. Last week, we saw how four times God gave his holy place over to Gentiles to trample on. In the time of Eli under the Philistines, when the Ark of the Covenant was captured. In the time of Jeremiah and other prophets when the Babylonians destroyed the temple of Solomon. In the time of Antiochus IV, called Epiphanes, the manifest one, that Greek king that lived in the second century BC, as he desecrated the temple of Haggai. And then in the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in the year 70 AD. All of these things have happened. But I think that there's a final act of that drama yet to come. And so “When you see,” Jesus says, “standing in the Holy Place the abomination that causes desolation” - the antichrist setting himself up as God in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God, demanding worship, and abominating the place with this idolatry. When you see that - “spoken of through the prophet Daniel - let the reader understand.” Then what should you do? Well, the answer is, run for your lives, and that's the title of this morning's sermon, “Run For Your Lives.” And so we're going to look at this passage and try to understand the flight, we're going to try to understand the circumstances surrounding it, the theology of it, and we're gonna try to see how it applies to our lives today, and I think we'll find a very powerful application to us as well. The Desolation Leading to the Flight The Spiritual Desolation of Israel: Rejection of Christ First, let's talk about the desolation leading to the flight, this is just by way of review. The desolation of Israel consisted primarily and first and foremost in their spiritual desolation. They were empty in their relationship with God. They were spiritually a desert, had been for centuries. Time and again they struggled. Not to say there wasn't in every generation a remnant of true Jews who really loved God and followed him. But again and again, they were declared to be a stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears who would not listen to the prophets of God. And the culmination of that spirit of hardness came in their rejection of Christ, and so Jesus rejects them in Matthew 23. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!” Seven times he says it. And then reaches out to Jerusalem and says, “O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Behold, your house is left to you desolate. For you will not see me again until you say ‘Blessed is he who comes in name of the Lord.’” And then Jesus leaves. There's the desolation. It's a spiritual desolation. It then leads to a physical desolation of destruction by Gentile forces. Gentile forces come in and they destroy. I believe there's a demonic side to it. Jesus in Matthew 12 says, “When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest but does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ So it goes and finds a house unoccupied.” What would be another word for unoccupied? Perhaps desolate. “Swept clean and put in order” - Yes, a little more orderly through the ministry of Jesus, but desolate. “And it goes and takes seven other spirits and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first. That is how it'll be,” said Jesus, “with this generation.” He's not just talking about a single individual, he's talking about Israel. In effect, Jesus just banished the demons from Israel for a short, short period of time by his sovereign power, put them to flight. But they're coming back, Jesus said they're coming back. And they're gonna come back not just spiritually, but they're gonna come back in the form of a Gentile army that cares nothing for God, a pagan army incited by demonic power, the Romans. “As it was, so it will be…” And so they're coming back. And so as it was, so it will be. “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.” In Luke 17:28 it says, “As it was in the days of Lot, so it will be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.” History will repeat itself, dress rehearsals. A.D. 70 a Dress Rehearsal for Final Desolation And so the antichrist is going to come. 70 AD, a dress rehearsal for the final desolation. “When you see,” in Luke 21:20-22, “Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, and you will know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out and let those in the country not enter the city, for this is the time of punishment and fulfillment of all that has been written.” This is clearly in Luke 21 speaking specifically of the destruction of Jerusalem, no doubt about it. When you see armies surrounding the city of Jerusalem, then get out. Now, Josephus gives us all kinds of historical details about the war between the Jews and the Romans, and I've got the details here but we don't have time. Bottom line is, the Romans were tired of the rebellion by the zealots, led by the zealots. The zealots had managed to gain control of the sacrificial system and to stop the priests, Jewish priests from offering sacrifices for the Roman emperor. This was an act of sedition and rebellion by the Jews against the Romans. They didn't like it, and so they invaded in 66 AD, but for some reason they turned back and left the city and left behind a lot of equipment. And the Jews took that stuff over and thought, “These are the days of Hezekiah all over again.” Same thing happened again in 67. They're getting a false sense of security. “We can defeat the Romans,” they thought. No, they can't. Especially since God was giving them over to the Romans. And so in 70 AD, the Romans came. Titus, the son of Vespasian, the emperor, came and arrived at Jerusalem with his legions in the northern outskirts and he starts to destroy the city. They breached the outer wall little by little, then they built an embankment as Jesus said they literally would do in Luke 19, an embankment around the wall. They get over it. The Romans knew how to conquer a walled fortress. They know how to do it very well, better than anyone there had ever been. Little by little then, they get closer and closer to the inner area where the temple is, and contrary to the command of Titus, some guy throws, some Roman soldier throws a firebrand into the window of the temple and it ignites. Some others follow and then the whole thing burns to the ground. It was accidental as far as the Romans were concerned, but it was intentional as far as God was concerned. It is theologically significant that the temple was destroyed, just like it was theologically significant that the curtain in the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. God intended the temple to be destroyed. And by the way, there is no command from God for it to be rebuilt. That's very important. When it's rebuilt, it will not be in obedience to God, keep that in mind. It will just be in prophecy by God, but not in obedience. He's not commanding the dishonor done to his son and to his finished work on the cross, going backwards to animal sacrifice, you'll read about it in the book of Hebrews. We don't go backwards, dear friends. That's finished, never to be re-enacted again or re-established again to please the Lord. And so when you see these things, these horrors, Jesus is giving practical advice to his own church that would be living in Jerusalem in the days when the Romans were coming. Get out of the city. When you see these things starting to assemble around Jerusalem, get out of the city. It's counterintuitive, because the walled cities were built because that was the safe place. Before gunpowder, it was the safest place to be. Romans are all over the land. But Jesus says, “No, get out of the city. Run for your lives.” That's what he's telling them to do. And we have no record of whether the Church heeded these instructions, but it's the implication Jesus gave them for his people who could read this or understand it and take it to heart and run. And so these would be Jewish Christians who lived in Jerusalem, who believed in Jesus, who understood the Olivet discourse and they got out of town, saved their lives. And that's already happened, been fulfilled, it's already been done. The End of the World: The Final Desolation But I believe that as it was in those days, so it's going to be again. And there's going to be a need to get out of the city again. The end of the world, the rebuilding of the temple, as I discussed last time. Evidence of the desolation of the Jews, they wanna go back to the law of Moses, back to animal sacrifice. They do not believe that Jesus is the final sacrifice, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. They don't believe that and so they wanna build the temple, and I believe that the antichrist will make an arrangement with them so that it will be rebuilt. It says in Daniel 9:27, “He,” the leader, I believe the Antichrist, “will confirm a covenant with many for one seven.” The interpretation of that is seven years. “And in the middle of that, he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple, he will set up an abomination that causes desolation until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.” So that's the desolation that causes the flight. The Danger that Causes the Flight Basic Concept: We Must Run Because We Can’t Handle the Temptation What is the danger? Well, we have to run. The Church will have to run for a simple reason, we cannot handle the temptation of a face-to-face encounter with the antichrist. That's the simple truth. Run because you can't handle it. You're not strong enough. You've got to run for your lives. And this is the consistent biblical instruction when it comes to temptation. 1 Corinthians 6:18, “Flee from sexual immorality.” Flee. 1 Corinthians 10:14, “Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.” More on that verse later. 1 Timothy 6:11, “But you, man of God, flee from the love of money.” 2 Timothy 2:22, “Flee the evil desires of youth.” And then in the Lord's Prayer, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” And notice, the Greek really is, “Deliver us from Satan,” not merely from evil generally, but deliver us from Satan's evil plans and schemes, deliver us from temptation. And so again and again, we are counseled by scripture, “Get out of there. You can't handle it.” And that's going to come to a peak in the days of the antichrist. Do not think so highly of yourself that you can handle an interview with the antichrist. You are such a strong believer in Jesus, you have memorized so much scripture, you've lived such a godly life, you'd like to sit down at table with the antichrist and go head-to-head in a debate with him. You can't handle him. Get out of there. Run. That's the advice, I think, being given here. Key Parallel: The Night Jesus was Arrested And there's a parallel the night that Jesus was arrested, a very significant parallel. You don't have to turn there, but it's in John 18, and do you remember the occasion there? Jesus is being arrested, Judas is coming, leading a detachment of soldiers, maybe as many 600 Roman soldiers. They're coming to arrest Jesus. They've got torches, lanterns and weapons, they're there to get Jesus. They think they're gonna have to search for him. They've got Judas there ready to give the kiss and all that, and they're there and they're coming near to Gethsemane and boom, there's Jesus right there. Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and met them. That's our Savior. Isn't that awesome? The power of Christ, going out there to meet those that are coming to arrest him. What courage. Goes out there and he says, “Who are you looking for?” Who are you looking for? “Jesus of Nazareth.” They've got their orders. And Jesus says in the Greek, “Ego eimi. I am.” And they all fall down on the ground in front of him. And it says Judas the traitor was standing there with them. He was filled with Satan at that moment. When he had taken that bread from Jesus, Satan entered into him. He's on the ground before Jesus. Praise God for the power of Christ. But then it goes on. Jesus asks them a second time, “Who is it you're looking for?” They pick themselves up off the ground. Oh, the density of human beings. They just fell in front of the sovereignty of Christ, but they don't really know what happened. And so they get up off the ground and Jesus asks them again, “Who are you looking for?” “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said, “I have told you that I am. If you're looking for me, then let these men go.” Now, what is Jesus doing there? He is orchestrating a way of escape for his disciples. Why is he doing it? Because they can't handle being arrested that night. And because in God's sovereign plan, it's not time for them to be arrested that night. What is their job then? The 11 apostles left, what is their job? Run for your lives, dear friends, run for your lives. And so they did. Every one of them deserted Jesus and fled. Now, John tells us why Jesus did it. He gives us this editorial theological comment on why he did this. “These things happened that the words Jesus had spoken would be fulfilled: ‘I have not lost any of all of those you have given me.’” Oh, is that powerful? Brings goosebumps to me. In effect, what Jesus is saying is, there is a physical threat, arrest, torture, inquisition and death, a physical threat that can come to you that can cause you to lose your faith. And then I will lose you spiritually. Jesus had prayed there in the high priestly prayer, one chapter before, “Father, I have not lost any of those you have given me.” You know how he doesn't lose you? By orchestrating the circumstances of your life so that you're not tempted beyond what you can bear. That's how he doesn't lose you. And by, we'll get into this more, but making a way of escape so that you can run. And so they all ran. All of them, but one of them made a U-turn. Do you remember who it was that after running said, “Wait a minute, wait. What am I doing?” It was Peter, remember? He said, “No, I already made some promises. I said I could handle it. Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will. I am ready not only to be arrested, but I'm ready to die for you.” Really? Jesus said, “I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” Jesus told him the truth, but Peter wouldn't believe it. Peter didn't believe it. And what did he do? He does a U-turn and he follows Jesus at a distance, right? You remember what happened? You know what happened. Within a short time, I don't know how long, but a couple of hours at most, he had gone from that kind of bravado and courage to then a little servant girl at the door saying, “You're not one of his disciples, are you?” “Oh, no, no, no, I'm not.” Then he goes, then he's warming his hands with Jesus's enemies. And they're like, “Wait a minute. You look familiar. Weren't you with him in the garden?” “No, no, I don't know him.” And then by the end of the evening, in Matthew 27, it says, Peter was calling down curses on himself, if he even knew Jesus at all. “May I be eternally condemned if I even heard of this person.” And you think you'd be able to handle an interview with the antichrist? “Simon, Simon, Satan has demanded to sift you like wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail, and after you have turned back, then strengthen your brothers.” It was the worst night of Peter's life, and all because of arrogance, because he didn't run when it was time to run, he thought he could handle the temptation and he couldn't, he wasn't ready for it. Antichrist: Indwelt and Empowered by Satan And how much more, then, in the final days when the beast of Revelation 13 is on the earth, the dragon, Satan, indwelling the beast by his power, giving him power and a throne in great authority, Revelation 13:2, to “perform great signs and miracles, to deceive even the elect - if that were possible,” Jesus says. 2 Thessalonians 2:11, “God sends them a powerful delusion, so that they will believe a lie.” And he will, in Revelation 13, rule the earth and conquer the saints. It says, “the beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for 42 months. He opened his mouth to blaspheme God and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven,” listen to this, “He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them.” There's not gonna be any miraculous deliverance, you'll die, you'll die. Antichrist’s Specific Enemies: Jews and Christians So run, run. Not just for your lives, run for your souls, because you can't handle him and his specific enemies, Jews and Christians, he's gonna be going after them in particular, because he wants worship. Deception Leads to Eternal Destruction… so We Must Run! And I don't have time to get into the mark of the beast, but it's very plain. It says, “If anyone receives the mark of the beast on his forehead or on his hand,” Revelation 14, “he too will drink the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever, there is no rest, day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name.” Listen to the next verse, “This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.” Just remain faithful to Jesus in those days. And take as little temptation as you can get. Isn't that just good advice, good, sound advice? Take as little temptation as you can get. Run. Get out. The Desperation that Characterizes the Flight Immense Urgency… Breathless Pace So they're running, and it's going to be a desperate flight. Look at verses 17-21, “Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will not take place in the winter on the Sabbath. For then there will be a great distress or tribulation unequaled from the beginning of the world until now, never to be equaled again.” There's an immense urgency in these verses, you see a breathless pace. No Earthly Possession Worth Your Souls No earthly possession is worth your soul. So you're up on the roof of a house there in the Near East, you know they've got these flat roofs, you go up there in the cool of the day, maybe for prayer or just to rest. I've been in houses like that in Pakistan, flat roofs and you're just up there. But there comes a moment here, in redemptive history, when the danger is encroaching. You see the moment, you don't have time to go back downstairs to get anything out of the house. Run. Do you see the urgency there? You're out in the field, you don't have time to go back and get your cloak. It's all about speed now, it's all about staying ahead of your captors now, you don't even have time to go back and get a cloak. Dreadful for those Who Can’t Run Fast And it's gonna be very, very tough for people who can't run fast, pregnant women, nursing mothers, what a little vignette that is, Jesus having compassion on them, but it's just hard for them because they can't keep the pace. Pray for an Easement of the Circumstances Run for your lives and pray that there might be an easement of the circumstances, that your flight won't take place in the winter, on the Sabbath, anything that would slow you down and make it harder for you. The word Sabbath I think implies it'll be a general kind of re-establishment of the laws of Moses in the land. At that point it makes sense with the rebuilding of the temple. And so it'd just be harder, harder to get going, harder to move. Unequalled Distress… and Thankfully Unrepeated Unequal distress. Tribulation, the great tribulation. This is the, verse 21, is the great tribulation verse. The King James Version, ESV, NRSV, NASB, all of them use the same expression, “the Great Tribulation. The Destination of the Flight The Mountains… Perhaps the Caves and Crags and Hiding Places Well, what is the destination of that? Well look at verse 16, “Let those in Judea flee to the mountains.” The mountains, just a place for hiding, a place where there are caves, a place to go hide. Some people picking up out of Revelation 12 talk about a place out in the desert and they look at Petra as well. The Purpose: To Wait Upon the Lord and Count the Days But this verse, we'll just stick with Matthew, it's go to the mountains, go to the mountains and go up into the caves and look for a place of refuge, a place to hide out and count the days. I've always envisioned, since memorizing the book of Daniel and going through it, a group of haggard people in a cave somewhere, just counting with those hash marks, 5, 10, 15, 20. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive. They're counting the days until it's all over. The Duration of the Flight The Shortening of those Days And so what is the duration of the flight? Well, look at verse 22. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened. And so there they are in the caves and the mountains, counting the days. Fuller Understanding of Daniel 12 And here comes, I believe, a fuller understanding of the book of Daniel, Daniel 12. I've mentioned this, let the reader understand, they will more than just understand in those days, they'll be in the caves, and some learned, some wise person will be there with them and say, “Let's look again at Daniel 12.” In verse 11 and 12, “From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up there'll be 1,290 days.” Daniel 12:12, “Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.” Now listen, if you have a study Bible with a little footnote, you can go down and find out what that means, and the commentator will tell you exactly what that means. He doesn't know, dear friends, and neither do I for sure. You know why? Because it's not the last days like that. The antichrist isn't ruling in the temple demanding worship yet. So what do I think is gonna happen? Well, we all get to have our theories, this is my theory. I believe that the book of Daniel is very clear on the second coming of Christ, read about it in Daniel 7, “He's coming with the clouds of heaven to be worshiped by people all over the earth.” Daniel 7 is the second coming of Christ. So it's not like Daniel didn't know about the second coming. And not only that, but Daniel 12, the very same chapter, talks about the general resurrection. Daniel 12:2-3, “Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens and those who lead many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.” That's the general resurrection and the eternal state. So what then are the 1,290 days and the 1,335 days? I don't know, period. Next paragraph. I have a theory, alright. My theory is that they will be able to track the events better than we can, and they will know how many days it's been from one to the other, and they will be able to say, “We have 45 more days to go until such and such, we have 41 more days to go. We have 37 more days to go. We have 32 more days to go.” Now, why will there be a need for that kind of counting of days? Oh, what a time. Unequaled from the beginning of the world until then, if those kind of days hadn't been cut short, no one would make it. We need as few of those days as possible. Who are the Elect Christ had in mind? And so they're counting the days, and so those days would be cut short, and Jesus says specifically for the sake of the elect. Now, who are the elect? Well, this is fascinating. The elect are those that God foreknew before the foundation of the world would be saved. But I think there's a specific category of elect here that are fascinating to me, it has to do with Jewish elect, the Jewish elect. Up to this point, the Jews as a nation had been hoping in the Old Covenant and the re-establishment of the temple. That has been dashed, that hope has been destroyed. You understand the spiritual significance of all that from Romans 9-11. The idea is Israel has experienced a hardening from God on their hearts, so that they cannot turn and believe in Jesus, it's clearly taught there, there's this hardening and they're responsible for it too. There's this hardening, but at the right time, when the whole, the full number of the Gentiles has been saved, he will remove the hardening from Israel, and he will transform their hearts. He will take out at last the heart of stone from the Jewish nation, and he will give them a heart of flesh, and they will at last see Jesus for who he really is. Romans 11:25-28, “I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited. Israel has experienced the hardening in part until the full number of Gentiles has come in, and so all Israel will be saved. As it is written, ‘The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.’ And ‘This is my covenant with them when I take away their sins.’” Oh, how sweet that is. “As far as the gospel is concerned,” says Paul, Romans 11:28, “they are enemies on your account. But as far as election is concerned, they're loved on account of the patriarchs.” Now, I believe in a national election for Israel generally and an individual election for Jews so that they don't go to hell, but rather to heaven. And so the national election doesn't save any Jew, and so Jews have to repent and believe in Jesus now, or if they don't, when they die, they go to hell. That's why Paul has unceasing sorrow and anguish in his heart for Jews that are going to hell. But the national election and the individual election really come together right before Jesus returns, I believe, and he takes that hardness away and it's going to be, as he says in Romans 11, life from the dead, the end of the world. The final act of human history, how exciting is that? So for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened. Zechariah 12:10, listen to this, what a great verse, “I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. And they will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.” That's the salvation of the Jews, when God pours out grace on them, and they finally look to Jesus for salvation. The Destiny Beyond the Flight The Lord Returns in Glory Well, what is their destiny beyond the flight? They're counting down the days. And Jesus said, those days are gonna be what? Cut short. Well, what do you think is gonna cut them short? How about the greatest divine interference there has ever been in human history? I mean, it makes the Red Sea crossing look like nothing. It is the end of all things. The end of this age, the second coming of Christ. Look at it in verses 27-31, “For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass there, the vultures will gather. Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light. The stars will fall from the sky and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time, the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn.” Here it is, “They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.” The Second Coming of Christ Will Occur… More Next Week That's how the days get cut short, Jesus comes back. “And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds from one end of the heavens to the other.” That's the rapture. We'll talk about that in due time. Exciting moments coming. Now, I've already tipped my hand so you can come and argue with me for the next two weeks if you want, but at any rate, that's where we're heading. That's where we're heading. The Lord returns in glory. The second coming of Christ will occur. And we'll talk more about that next week. Applications Come to Christ! What application can we come from this? Can I just begin by telling you there is a far greater danger than having antichrist's forces chasing you, and that is that on Judgment Day, the Lord will say to you, “Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.” There will be no rescue from that. There is only one rescue from that, and that's now by faith. Look to Jesus. We may not be the last generation, we may be, but we may not be. I know this, though. If we are not the final generation, you will die someday. You will die. And you will stand before God and give him an account for your life. There is a savior for you, there is a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who shed his blood on the cross for you. Look to Christ now to escape the greatest danger there could ever be. What would it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? So flee to Christ crucified. Flee Temptations Secondly, though, I just want to urge you to flee temptations. Take a minute, please, if you would, and look to 1:10. 1 Corinthians 10:13-14. I have two or three other applications but I'm going to pitch them right now, I just want to focus on this one. We'll close with this. Look at 1 Corinthians 10:13-14. “No temptation has seized you, except what is common to man, and God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will provide a way of escape so that you can stand up under it.” Please keep reading. Look at verse 14. “Therefore, dear friends, flee from idolatry.” You gotta put those two together. Idolatry is the love of any created thing more than the Creator, more than God, it is the struggle we all have in our daily Christian lives, it's the thing that kills non-Christians, it's the issue of worshipping anything more than you worship God. And so basically, when idolatry is coming to pull on you, look for the way of escape that Jesus has made for you. Well, what kind of idolatries? Well, there's only a handful of those that always afflict us. Lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, the pride of life. You know, materialism? Love of food too much, love of money. Love of pleasure. Love of sex. These things are idols. They are lusts. And we need help, friends. Here's the beauty of it. Jesus, our Good Shepherd, is helping you today. He has already filtered your temptations and he will go on doing so, and he won't let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. He's going to open up a door. Can I urge you to run for your lives? Run for your lives. Look, temptation is sure to find you. Jesus said temptations are sure to come. And in that day, Ephesians 6 tells you to put on the full armor of God and stand your ground. But there's a dynamic between running and standing, and you kinda have to do both in the Christian life. So flee temptation, ask the Lord to minimize your temptations in the Lord's Prayer, and when you are tempted, look for the way of escape, say, “God, I don't wanna sin. I hate sin, it's damaging my life, I've got to get out. Please deliver me, Lord.” And he will make that way of escape obvious to you and you'll take it. Brothers and sisters, can I urge you, get ready for the days to come. Get your children ready. Tell them about the antichrist. No, it's not the most important doctrinal point in the Bible. I hope you've already saturated their minds with what is, the gospel of Jesus Christ, but you need to teach them, they may well be the final generation. Get them ready to be courageous and saturate your minds with the word of God, so that when the day comes, you may be able to stand your ground. Close with me in prayer.

L’Estaque, a fishing village on the French coast of the Mediterranean, was a place that Cézanne visited often in the 1870s and 1880s. Why, amongst more picturesque features such as blue sea and a pretty village of ochre stone and red tiles, did the artist address such a difficult and unappealing prospect as this? A viaduct is only an overland passage between more dramatic features – under mountains or cliffs, through a valley or over a river far below – and this bridge for the railway track has none of the elegantly classical appeal of Corot’s Roman arches. Indeed, the viaduct is barely noticeable: it sits in the lowest band of the painting, the main horizontal of the composition. Perhaps it was, as always, simply because he could. The nature of beauty itself was changing as the century continued, from gentle to hard, from simple, lush and historic to complex, spare and modern. For Cézanne, eternal verities became mutable, and reality was filled with infinite possibilities. During February and March 1882 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a much more luscious painter than the austere Cézanne, paid a visit to his contemporary at l’Estaque while en route from Italy to Paris. They painted the same scene, but the two resulting landscapes could not differ more, considering they were executed side by side.1 Johnson describes Cézanne’s strategies on the canvas: The flatness of the effect, accentuated by repetition of the receding and advancing color and tone values may, on first impression, bear some resemblance to tapestry design; but this quality is denied by the special depth and volume and solidity of the forms which Cézanne achieves … He has piled the planes up vertically and has silhouetted distant hills instead of allowing them to dissolve in air and space.2 The contest between fact and fiction, which underlies landscape painting in the nineteenth century, is seen plainly here, in the choices that Cézanne makes. He understands that the horizontal railway lines below the cliffs undermine the vertical and diagonal slopes of the mountains. The dizzying stacks of rock, made of parallel hatched strokes of paint, communicate insecurity rather than the permanence of stone and mountains. The close-up, frontal encounter reinforces the dominance of the artist’s view. It is the implied struggle between doubt and certainty that makes Cézanne so modern. Christine Dixon 1 John Rewald, The paintings of Paul Cézanne: a catalogue raisonné, vol. 1, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, cat. 441, p. 297; the other canvas is Renoir’s Crags at l’Estaque, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 2 Ellen H. Johnson, ‘Cézanne and a pine tree: Viaduct at l’Estaque, a footnote’, Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin, vol. 21, no. 1, Fall, 1963, pp. 24–8, quoted in Rewald, p. 297.