Heroes of Strength

Overview

Heroes of Strength

True strength in the Christian life rarely looks the way the world expects. Consider Eric Liddell, the Scottish runner remembered for his Olympic story. By every coach's standard, his form was wrong—head flung back, arms thrashing as if boxing an invisible opponent—yet he almost never lost a race. His gift came not from textbook technique but from the God who equipped him. That alone is a reminder that the Lord often works through what the world would dismiss, and that our usefulness to Him does not depend on fitting the mold.

Liddell's character preached before his lips ever did. He shook each competitor's hand before a race and wished him success. He shared his starting trowel. He once swapped lanes to give a disadvantaged runner a better chance—and still won. For a long stretch, even his parents did not know the depth of his faith; he simply lived it. When he was finally pressed to speak publicly at an evangelism gathering, he stepped out of his comfort zone and testified that God was in control of his life and loved everyone in the room. The defining test came at the 1924 Olympics, when the heats for the 100 meters fell on a Sunday. Honoring the Third Commandment Exodus 20:8, Liddell refused to run. The same fans who had cheered him called him a traitor—until he won gold in the 400. Soon after, he announced he was leaving athletic glory behind to serve as a missionary in China, telling a banquet hall, "each one of us is in a greater race… and this race ends when God gives out the medals" (cf. 1 Corinthians 9:24-25).

Scripture's great picture of strength is Samson Judges 13, set apart from birth as a Nazirite Numbers 6:1-8. Outwardly consecrated, Samson was inwardly weak—spoiled, demanding, and careless with God's vows. He trusted his own arm, broke his consecration repeatedly, and finally lost everything to Delilah and the Philistines Judges 16. And yet, in his blindness and brokenness, he turned back to the Lord, and God answered. His real strength was never his hair or his muscle; it was the Lord who strengthened him when he finally appealed in weakness. Liddell, by contrast, recognized the Source from the start and refused to claim the gift as his own—but both men point us to the same truth: power belongs to God, and we are strongest when we depend on Him.

So consider what you do well—the gift others would name if asked about you. That ability is not yours to hoard or to use for self-promotion; it is an open door to witness. Will you, like Liddell, run your race in a way that honors Christ even when it costs you applause? Will you keep the Lord's Day holy when the world insists "just this once"? Will you, like Samson at the end, admit your weakness and ask God for strength rather than trust your own? Run the race set before you with your eyes on the prize that matters Hebrews 12:1-2—the medal God Himself gives out.

Transcript

So we are going to get started. I'm really excited about this series. The premise of the class, 0s

we are going to be looking at Biblical and I use the word character really loosely. 6s

They're real people out of scripture, but 12s

so maybe personalities maybe that's a better word. We'll look at different Biblical personalities, but 16s

part of this also is to look at 21s

ordinary people, ordinary everyday people in real life, in modern history, 24s

and how their faith shaped their lives to where now we know about them. 33s

And we know that not everyone is called to 40s

have fame and glory in what they do and that is completely fine and wonderful because we are 45s

each who God has called us to be. But we're going to look at some of these people who we're going 52s

about their daily lives, living their lives as people of faith, and then how their faith shaped 58s

their future and has influenced us and others. And then we're also going to look at a Biblical 66s

personality in how this correlates and then talk about why? Why does this matter to us today? 73s

And how does it work in our own lives today? So that's kind of the format, 81s

as format as I get, the format of the class. So today is all about heroes of strength. 87s

We're going to think about strength and the well before we get started, I'm going to ask you to 96s

share with someone that you're sitting near. You're going to just turn to them and if you haven't 104s

met them yet, introduce yourselves. And you're going to just think about, just take a second to 110s

think about something that you're really, really good at. Something that you're good at, you're kind 114s

of known for in your circles of friends or your family. So just think about something that you're 120s

really good at and then turn to your neighbor and just share with them something that you're really 128s

good at. Okay, so has everyone had a chance to share? And I love as this question was posed or 134s

this proposition was posed, I had a couple of puzzled looks and the I have nothing, I have nothing, 142s

but everyone has something that they do well that they excel in. So that was fun. It got to go 149s

and we got a big response there. So I'm excited to hear what these are in a minute. So our person 154s

of faith, our hero of faith, our ordinary person that we're going to look at today is Eric Ladael. 160s

I don't know if any of you saw that chariot's a fire movie. The slow motion running, right? 165s

I've actually never seen that movie, but I just know the slow motion running in a song. So what he 171s

was really good at was sports. He was just very athletically gifted and he was in boarding school. He 179s

was born in China, raised for the good early years of his life in China. And then he was taken 187s

back home to Scotland and in a boarding school to be schooled trained in his youth. And he found 194s

that he and his brother were really, really good at sports. And it became something that was natural 203s

for them. They always excelled. Everyone wanted them on their teams for rugby or for racing or 210s

whatever sports they were cricket. And he was well known within this little boarding school 218s

for being a great athlete. And at one point he was he was an older teen and not quite done with 224s

graduating high school or they called it college. It wasn't quite university. But he hadn't graduated 233s

college yet or finished his high school training. And his friend was playing rugby with him. 240s

And he realized, all right, this guy's got a real gift. He is really, really talented at running. 248s

I'm working on training and coaching. So his friend was trying to become a coach. And he had 256s

this star athlete. And he said, Hey, Eric, I really, really want you to try out for this track and 262s

field team and let me coach you. And Eric didn't want to do it. He kind of said, no, no, no, no, 269s

I want to study. I want to spend my time studying. But he also wanted to help his friend. 274s

Because his friend wanted to learn how to coach and get advanced in coaching. And so he agreed. 281s

And it turned out that he was really, really good at running. And I love this because technically, 287s

technically, Eric was really, he shouldn't have been a good runner. He had horrible form. 297s

You see here? Yeah, it says that Eric had been told many times that his running style was odd. 304s

He would fling his head back and pull his arms forward almost as if he were boxing at some invisible 310s

target. No matter how hard he tried, Eric simply couldn't change. So here's this kid with a weird 317s

running style. He shouldn't have by all all reason. He shouldn't have been a good runner. 327s

And yet he was. He succeeded. He came in second once at the university level. Now he's in college. 334s

At the university level, he came in second once and other than that, he never lost a race in Scotland. 341s

He was amazing and very incredible. So now I want you to think about something in your own life. 348s

Is there something that you don't do the right way? Or according to form of what the world 355s

says should be how it should be done? Are you out there running with your head back in your 364s

arms, boxing, some invisible target? Think about an area in your life where you just it shouldn't be 372s

successful, but it is. Just take a second. Okay, I see some nods. I see some nods. Okay. And I love 379s

about this is that God had gifted him with such a talent. And it wasn't in what the world would have 389s

seen as a standard. Right? It's not what the world would have thought would be successful. And yet 398s

Eric was winning race after race after race. And through these university sports, Eric started 405s

gaining interest. Or there was interest gained in him. And he started getting a fan base. And what's 413s

amazing about this is that his fan base, they started, they really did. They did like him for his 419s

athletic abilities. And they were cheering him on. But they were also cheering him on because of how 428s

he lived his life. They saw really good sportsmanship. And this is all coming out of this faith 435s

that he was just living. So it says that although he wanted to win each race and trained hard to do so, 443s

he always had a good attitude toward other competitors. Before a race, he would shake each contestant 449s

hand and wish him success. He used a small steel trowel for digging. They didn't have little starter 455s

blocks in running races back then. They had to dig their own little holes for their feet to go in. 461s

And he would use a little steel trowel for that. And when he finished digging his own holes, he 467s

would offer the trowel to the other runners to use. And on one occasion, another runner from 472s

Edinburgh University had drawn the outside lane in the long race. It's one lap around the track. 477s

And runners hated to be on the outside lane. You usually were going to lose if you were on the 484s

outside lane. And so he just quietly swapped lanes with that other runner. Wanted to give this other 489s

runner a good chance. And Eric still won the race. Because he always won. But it's amazing that 496s

just those little acts of kindness, those little acts in good faith were really, really showing 505s

to his fan base. And he was more and more loved because of that. He wasn't necessarily going out 514s

of his way. He was just being who he was as a young Christian man on and off the track field. 522s

And it was showing. And people were noticing. So what does this say about his character? And you 531s

guys can talk to me. That's good. I like answers. So what does that say about his character? What do you think of that? 537s

Selfless. Confident. Confident. Humble. I'll conclude it consistent. Yes. Christian. 546s

Yeah. I love that he wished success to all of his opponents. I love that. Very confident. 561s

Very confident. And it wasn't a boastful confidence. It wasn't a good look. You're going to need it, 570s

buddy. Right? He was very kind and generous with saying, I wish you success. He knew that they had 575s

worked very hard to get there as well. And so he wished that they would run good races just as he did. 582s

And the interesting thing as he was working through all these races, as he was putting all that time 589s

and energy into it. And people were noticing the way that he treated his competition. He was really quiet. 597s

Very quiet about his faith. He didn't want to speak out about it. He didn't want to proclaim 608s

the gospel. He just wanted to live the gospel, live in good faith. Even his parents weren't sure what 618s

he thought about Christianity. He kept the whole matter to himself. So he lived and we can say, 627s

oh, he was living a good Christian lifestyle, being a good sportsman, being generous, 636s

being living in faith. And yet his parents had no idea, no idea what he really thought. If he really 643s

had a depth of faith, if it really mattered to him. So now I'm going to ask you another question. 654s

It was fun. Lots of questions for you. So think about yourself in your own daily life. 664s

Are you one that holds your faith to yourself? Are you quiet in faith? 671s

Still acting in good faith, still being Christian in your deeds, but quiet when it comes to sharing. 678s

Or are you loud? Talk with anyone you meet. Share with anyone. Always say, Jesus is good, 689s

Jesus loves you. It comes up in conversation. Non-stop. Where are you on this? 697s

And it has to do with our personalities a little bit too. A more reserved person may keep their 704s

faith a little more to themselves. And then a louder person, which I don't know any of them, 709s

no, but a louder person would probably have it come up a lot, right? A lot. So think about that 717s

and where you are in that. An opportunity presented itself with Eric. I know I'm giving you a 724s

lot of backstory, but this all matters. So an opportunity presented itself to Eric. His brother 732s

Robert, who was also that athlete, was very active in an evangelism group in the university. 738s

And one thing that this evangelism group did was they would go out to the small towns in Scotland, 745s

and they would try to evangelize, try to get people to come to meetings where they could share 751s

the gospel, share Jesus with these small town people. And one of the men running these, 757s

his name was DP, and he had the great idea that, you know what, we aren't finding a way to reach 767s

the working class men. So what if we get together a big rugby game? And we have a big rugby game, 772s

and all these people will come. And he was exactly right. A lot of people, the working class men 779s

came out to play rugby with these college students, and it was a great success. And they had 784s

quite a turnout at their evangelism meetings. So they were able to share the gospel with quite a 794s

few of these working class men. But they realized that that was a real toll, physically, on the 800s

students, to be playing a rugby match nearly every single day, or at least every day of the weekend, 809s

going out trying to meet these people and to evangelize these people of the small town. They 815s

couldn't do several rugby matches every single weekend or during the week. It was too much for 820s

them. And so the same man DP thought, you know what, we're going to have someone come and talk 826s

to these towns at our evangelism meetings. And I know Eric Lydell's brother. So he talked to 833s

Eric Lydell through the brother. And Eric was put on the spot. He was asked to share his faith 841s

verbally, in public, to large groups, and no one knew what his faith really was, how he really felt 849s

about it. He lived it out, but he had never spoken about it. And he wasn't interested in speaking 861s

about it. And he waited and he thought through it and realized, this is what's being asked of him. 867s

He's being asked to share his thoughts on God. And so he should probably do it. And he went to 875s

that evangelism meeting and a huge crowd came. And he shared and he shared, he just said that God 883s

was in control of his life. He knows God loves him. He knows God loves everyone in the room. 893s

Thank you. And he sat down. He was done, definitely out of his comfort zone, but he shared. 899s

And newspapers all across Scotland told about this and his fame grew even greater. And he had one of those, 908s

we sometimes refer to them come to Jesus moments. He had one of those and he realized he was being 920s

given fame for a reason. He was being given notice for a reason. And all he wanted to do was play sports 926s

with some friends. But his gift that God had given him had pushed him out of his comfort zone, 938s

pushed him into a new area, a new territory of witness and opportunity to witness. So another question, 945s

and this one I do want you to share with a neighbor. Have you ever been asked to step outside of your 955s

comfort zone to share your faith out loud? So we've had one answer up here. No, she's never been 961s

asked to share her faith and she thinks God for small favors. We are all asked to share our faith 972s

in one way or another, but we're not all necessarily pushed out of our comfort zones at all times. 980s

Or maybe the opportunity hasn't arisen yet. You've still got plenty of time to go. 986s

So Eric was given this opportunity to step outside his comfort zone and he did it and he realized 995s

with that, with all of that recognition that he was getting, he didn't want it for himself, 1002s

but he knew that he had a responsibility with the gift that he had been given in sports, 1008s

with the gift that he had been given that people wanted to hear him, wanted to know what he thought. 1013s

And so he started making rounds and speaking every single weekend with that evangelism group. 1020s

And people were turning out in droves to see him and hear him speak. 1027s

And so then he moved on to 1923 for auditioning, not auditioning, trying out. 1033s

You don't audition for sports, right? He was trying out for the British Olympic team. 1041s

And he won a spot, he won a spot on the team to race in the 100, 200 and 400. 1049s

And it was a very exciting moment. 1057s

It was really very few people are selected. 1060s

He didn't think he had much of a shot going in, but he was honored to be nominated. 1064s

He was honored to even be asked to try out for the team. 1070s

And he ended up making these three spots on those three, or the spot on those three races. 1074s

Three months before the start of the Olympic Games, Eric received a list of the events he was entered in. 1082s

Beside each event, the times for the heats and the finals were indicated. 1088s

Beside the heats for the 100 yard sprint was one fateful word. 1093s

Sunday. 1098s

Eric stared at the page for a long time. 1101s

Sunday. 1104s

It definitely said Sunday. 1106s

Eric's heat to qualify for the final would be run on a Sunday, but Eric would not run on a Sunday. 1108s

There was no doubt about it in his mind. 1115s

His coach in the Scottish Athletic Association already knew he didn't run races on Sundays. 1118s

He never had and never would. 1123s

Since his earliest memory, he'd been taught that Sunday was a day of rest and a day of 1126s

reverence for God. 1130s

All his life, Eric had honored that teaching. 1132s

Sunday was God's day. 1134s

And nothing, not even the promise of a gold medal, was going to sway him from that belief. 1138s

Eric informed the British Olympic Committee that he couldn't run in the 100 meter sprint. 1145s

The newspapers quickly blazed out the news that Eric Lydell had refused to compete for the gold 1150s

medal in the 100 meters. 1154s

Now the public who had admired him for his running ability and his character 1156s

turned on him fiercely. 1162s

Some people even called him a traitor to his country. 1166s

A man unfit to represent Scotland. 1169s

He was crushed by the cruel things people said about him, but he would not change his mind. 1172s

As far as he was concerned, he would not run on Sunday, and that's all there was to it. 1178s

His adoring fans turned on him when he started acting in character. 1185s

When he was consistent in his Christian faith, they turned on him because it was going to cost 1195s

them as a nation, a gold medal. 1203s

They had put their love of something worldly above the character and faith of this man that 1206s

they had held in high esteem. 1217s

Okay, Catechism class, who remembers the third commandment? 1222s

Come on! 1228s

Remembr- 1231s

What? 1232s

And remember the Sabbath to keep it. 1234s

Holy does anyone remember what we have in the small Catechism as the explanation of this? 1238s

Awesome! 1249s

Yes, it does. 1251s

We are too fear and love, God, so that we do not despise preaching and his word, 1252s

but hold it sacred and gladly here and learn it. 1260s

Wow! 1267s

As I was hearing the sermon this morning, which some of you have not been in 1268s

worship service yet, but it will click. 1272s

It will click. 1278s

We are too here and be happy to hear the word that God has for us. 1280s

There is a reason we are called to remember and to keep the Sabbath day holy. 1288s

So the people of Scotland turned on Eric and he stood strong. 1298s

He stood strong. Have you ever been turned on for taking a stand for your faith? 1304s

We have a nod. 1315s

Do you want to share? 1318s

I have a nod. 1335s

Okay, so we have one of those sports moments. A lot of sports are happening. A lot of 1337s

activities are happening on Sunday mornings now. And John took a stand with his 1344s

daughter over his granddaughter saying she needs to be in church. Sundays are not for soccer. 1350s

How many of us kind of bend that Sabbath, bend that command? 1358s

Wow, just this one time. It's a really, really important game. 1367s

It's a really, really important practice. I can't miss this. My kids are going to not be on the team. 1373s

I'm not going to be on the team. I've just got one thing I have to do. 1379s

And we kind of toss it aside because, you know, okay, it's how the world works now. 1384s

Things happen on Sundays now. And that's okay. I can always go and watch a sermon on TV. 1392s

And we try to make excuses for ourselves instead of standing firm and saying no. 1400s

I'm going to remember the Sabbath. I am going to keep it holy. 1406s

And taking that stand. So. 1410s

No, stay seated. I'm going to take a stand. 1419s

So Eric didn't compete in the 100 meter dash because the heats were on Sunday. He took that stand. 1424s

And instead he went and he spoke at a church where the Olympics were being held. 1434s

And he remembered the Sabbath and he kept it holy. And he shared the word of God with other people. 1439s

And he went and he cheered on on Monday. He cheered on the runner from Scotland that did compete 1448s

or from the British team that did compete. And he ended up when he got to his own races. 1455s

He did end up getting the bronze in the 200. And then he won an unexpected victory in the 400. 1460s

And the newspapers again were so happy for Eric and that he was one of theirs. 1466s

And they praised him and they were so excited and he was beloved again. One day he was a hero. 1477s

Then he was a coward and a traitor. And the next day he won that gold. And again, he was lifted up 1483s

as a hero for winning gold, not for standing firm in his faith. 1490s

But he made an announcement shortly after the Olympics. He stood before a large gathering 1501s

that at a dinner that was being held in his honor because he was a hero. He was back home in 1508s

Scotland. And he had spoken and then he cleared his throat and began softly. And this is right 1514s

after he had won these medals a week later. Before I sit down, there's one more thing I would like 1520s

to tell you all. It's been a wonderful experience to compete in the Olympic Games and to bring home a 1526s

gold medal. But since I have been a young lad, I have had my eyes on a different prize. 1531s

You see, each one of us is in a greater race than any I have run in Paris. And this race ends 1538s

when God gives out the medals. It has always been my intention to be a missionary. And I have just 1543s

received word that I have been accepted as a chemistry teacher at the Anglo-Chinese college in 1548s

Steve. He might have to help me. Seats in, see it's in China. Teats in China. Okay. Yeah, okay. 1555s

From now on, I will be putting my energy into preparing to take up that position. He had the world 1563s

at his hands. He had fame. He had fortune. He was winning prizes everywhere. He turned, 1570s

handed glorious gifts. He had everything by worldly standards. 1577s

He said, this isn't the prize I want. My prize is greater. It's the prize of heaven. It's the 1587s

prize that God gives. And I want to share that with people. That is the race that I'm running. 1595s

Just incredible. He could have had anything that the world had to offer. And he chose to go with 1606s

where God had called him and God had led him and God had directed him. Which is an incredible 1614s

example and hero of faith. So our biblical personality, when you think of strength, who do you think of? 1620s

Samson. Yes. Yes. No, not Hercules. No, from scripture. 1632s

No. Samson. Samson. And in his story is in judges. Judges 13 is when he is born. We have the 1640s

birth of Samson. And he was born at a time when Israel was under great oppression from the Philistines. 1651s

And this barren woman, a woman who could have no children, was told from a messenger of God that 1659s

she would give birth. And her son would save Israel from the Philistines. So she was going to give 1665s

birth to this man who was going to save Israel from the Philistines. And he was to be a Nazarite, 1676s

which that word is taken from something that means dedication. And a Nazarite vow, we can find 1682s

a Nazarite vows in numbers six. If you'd like to open to numbers, we can, let's see here, that is 1691s

towards the beginning. Hold on. There we go. Number six. So it's right after Leviticus right before 1699s

Deuteronomy. And numbers six. Okay. And we can see all of these vows that are made when someone 1709s

takes a Nazarite vow, it was very, very serious business. And they were promising to abstain from 1723s

a good bit. They were going, it was part of separating themselves to the Lord. Picking up in 1730s

verse three, they shall separate themselves from wine and strong drink. They shall drink no wine 1737s

vinegar or other vinegar and shall not drink any grape juice or eat grapes fresh or dried. All 1743s

their days is Nazarites. They shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds 1749s

or the sins, skins. Verse five, all the days of the Nazarite vow, no razor shall come upon the head 1754s

until the time completed for which they will separate themselves to the Lord. They shall be holy. 1761s

They shall let the locks of the head grow long. All the days that they separate themselves to the 1767s

Lord, they shall not go near a corpse. Even if their father or mother, brother or sister should 1773s

die, they may not defile themselves because their consecration to God is upon the head. All their 1778s

days as Nazarites, they are holy to the Lord. So being a Nazarite, you didn't have to take 1785s

lifelong vows as a Nazarite. It was very serious business, but it could be temporary. And when 1793s

the vow was made, it was a pledge to the Lord above the normal requirements of holiness. So that 1801s

vow gave a person special status, but it included abstaining from those three things, the drink, 1809s

cutting one's hair, and any contact with death, with the dead under any circumstances. So 1817s

Samson is made a Nazarite from birth. He is going to be a Nazarite. He is going to be dedicated, 1827s

set apart, above the normal standard of holy to the Lord. There are two other in scripture that 1834s

were set apart from birth. It was Samuel and John the baptizer. So Samson grew and he was strong. 1843s

He was really flawed. He was flawed. I struggle with Samson. I want to smack him a little bit. 1853s

He was very spoiled and demanding. He demanded of his parents. I want that place. I want this. I want that. 1863s

And he was bold in his demands. He was bold in his actions. He killed that lion. Do you know the 1876s

story? He killed a lion. And then he ate honey from its carcass. As a Nazarite, he was not supposed to 1886s

have anything to do with the dead. And yet he ate from this carcass. And then he gave honey to his 1895s

parents without telling them where it was from. He was very, very strong physically. 1902s

But spiritually, he was extremely weak. Outwardly, he was a Nazarite. But he continually broke God's law. 1912s

But even though he broke God's law, time and time again, God continued to give him strength. And he continued to beat the Philistines. 1927s

And the Philistines were not happy about it at all. But he continued to outpower and outstrength, if that's a word, the Philistines. 1941s

So then he falls for Delilah. He falls for Delilah and she manipulates him and she lies to him and he lies to her. 1953s

And she wants to know the source of his strength and he keeps giving her different reasons. 1963s

Well, if I'm bound with these animal hairs, with this rope, then I won't be able to be strong. And so she 1970s

calls, you know, she binds him and calls, oh, the Philistines are coming, the Philistines are coming and he breaks free, of course. 1980s

And she cries and says, I can't believe you would lie. But she's ready to hand him over to the Philistines. 1986s

So he finally gets annoyed enough with her that he finally tells her his strength is in his hair. 1993s

That is the source of his strength. And he was bold enough to let her in on this because he really trusted himself in his strength. 2002s

He really trusted his own abilities, his own ability to overpower the Philistines. He knew that he was strong. 2013s

And he was very arrogant in that and he had broken all of these vows to the Lord as a Nazarete. 2024s

But he continued to beat the enemy. God still continued to strengthen him. And so he told Delilah and when she had his haircut, 2032s

the strength of the Lord left him. And the Philistines overtook Samson and his eyes were gouged out and he 2043s

became a plaything. But the amazing thing with this Nazarete vow is that it can be renewed. And his hair grew a little bit. 2050s

And in his last moments when he was weak and broken had nothing going for him, that's when he turned back to the 2060s

Lord. That's when he appealed to God again. He repented and asked God to strengthen him one more time, 2068s

which allowed him to be the Nazarete that he had called to be. And he delivered Israel from the Philistines. 2076s

He used that strength in that brokenness and weakness. He appealed to God. He realized it was not his own. 2087s

But it was strength from God. I realized I am like almost out of time. So I'm going to try to wrap this up really, really fast. 2095s

So we're relishing our own heroes. We know that there are these extraordinary people that live their faith. But we are also 2105s

heroes of faith. We also have those opportunities. Think of that thing that you turn to your neighbor and said, 2114s

this is something I do really well. How can that afford you the opportunity to share your faith? 2120s

How can that afford you the opportunity to share Jesus, to step out of your comfort zone, 2128s

to proclaim Christ crucified to your brothers and sisters in this world? God, I need to time this better. 2134s

Okay, so we're out of time. But just remember that Eric Lightau did not set out to be famous. 2143s

But his actions, his taking a stand for faith, put him in a spotlight. 2152s

Stampton thought he was amazing, but it was only when he was weak and appealed to God out of his weakness 2159s

that he was truly made strong and defeated the Philistines. With that, God bless and God bless you. 2166s

Okay, so next week we're going to be back here and I'll talk faster. 2173s

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