---
title: "A King After God’s Own Heart"
description: "Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue to examine the life of David, looking at the defeat of Goliath and making some general observations about the character of David."
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/39
published: 2017-08-10
---

# A King After God’s Own Heart

David and Goliath

- Published: 2017-08-10T08:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `39`
- Episode number: 39
- Session: 2
- People: Marty Solomon, Brent Billings

## Description

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue to examine the life of David, looking at the defeat of Goliath and making some general observations about the character of David.

## Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue to examine the life of David, looking at the defeat of Goliath and making some general observations about the character of David. Promised Land — Ray Vander Laan (Amazon) TTWMK Faith Lessons on DVD and Digital (Focus on the Family) “The Unheard Story of David and Goliath” by Malcolm Gladwell — TED Valley of Elah — Wikipedia Champion Warfare — Wikipedia Jesus Wants to Save Christians by Rob Bell and Don Golden Where God Was Born by Bruce Feiler The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence Study Tools Discussion Video for BEMA 39 The Companion for BEMA 39 Take Your Own Notes Transcript for BEMA 39 Legacy Episode Content Episode updated 15 June 2026 Original audio from 10 August 2017 Transcript for BEMA 39 of 10 August 2017

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/39)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/39)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/39)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/417f4b5e-6ed7-4424-9093-a7e8c5d12474.mp3)
- [Official transcript source](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vScqRGtCdwz4NyYKE3mFpvXYDdkRKxm3mkv4YkcI9vnNIV9JKNEl0NskhUI1Jsm_asvfAYcHQ3lzgCJ/pub)
- [Transcript JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/transcripts/39)