SAMUEL: "The Messiah" and the golden hemorrhoid rats

<p>We're entering a whole new chunk of the Bible, and it might be a surprise chunk!</p> <ul> <li>Why we're now in Samuel instead of Ruth, the book that's up next according to Christian Bibles!&nbsp;</li> <li>Yet another barren womb! As always, when the Bible reuses a story, the variations are everything!&nbsp;</li> <li>The Bible's first usage of "the messiah" is a fine time to talk about how poorly the average Christian understands the old, complex, ever-evolving concept!&nbsp;</li> <li>Meet the original Typical Preacher's Kids!&nbsp;</li> <li>A war catastrophe leads to the Philistines capturing the Ark of the Covenant, which goes very terribly for the Philistines' genitals!&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>If you like this show, please give us a review on your podcast app, follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/VBSpodcast"><strong>Twitter</strong></a> and/or <a href="https://instagram.com/VBSpodcast"><strong>Instagram</strong></a>, and consider giving us $1/month via <a href="https://www.patreon.com/vbspodcast"><strong>Patreon</strong></a><strong> </strong>(or $5.77 for bonus episodes, Discord membership, a sticker, and stuff).</p>