The Garrett Ashley Mullet Show

Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears.” But every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle, and the charge was two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and a third of a shekel for sharpening...

And all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.” And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve the Lord with all your heart.” - 1 Samuel 12:19-20   This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 0...

Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingdom.” So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal. There they sacrificed peace offerings before Yahweh, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. - 1 Samuel 11:14-15   This Episode’s Links: Scripture Reading Thoughts on the Reading Pope Francis goes full c...

And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom Yahweh has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!” Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before Yahweh. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home. Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and wi...

There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth. And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people. - 1 Samuel 9:1-2   This Episode’s Links: 00:24 – 1 Samuel 9 0...

Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.” But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to Yahweh. And Yahweh said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say...

And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to Yahweh and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.” So the people of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and they served Yahweh only. - 1 Samuel 7:3-4   This Episode’s L...

Then the men of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? And to whom shall he go up away from us?” So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of Yahweh. Come down and take it up to you.” - 1 Samuel 6:20-21   This Episode’s Links: 00:24 – 1 Samuel 6 04:16 – Thoughts on the Reading 14:08 - Thou shalt not...

Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place. - 1 Samuel 5:2-3   This Episode’s Links: (All timestamps offset by 24-seconds) 00:24 – 1 Samuel 5 02:45 –...

So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. - 1 Samuel 4:10-11   This Episode’s Links: 00:24 – 1 Samuel 4 04:12 – Thoughts on the Reading 23:27 - The Death of Conservatism Is Greatl...

Now the boy Samuel was ministering to Yahweh in the presence of Eli. And the word of Yahweh was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. - 1 Samuel 3:1   This Episode’s Links: 00:24 – 1 Samuel 3 03:27 – Thoughts on the Reading 24:44 - THE NUCLEAR FAMILY WAS A MISTAKE – David Brooks, The Atlantic

Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting. And he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people. No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of Yahweh spreading abroad. If someone sins against a man, God...

And she said, “Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to Yahweh. For this child I prayed, and Yahweh has granted me my petition that I made to him. Therefore I have lent him to Yahweh. As long as he lives, he is lent to Yahweh.” - 1 Samuel 1:26-28   This Episode’s Links: 00:24 – 1 Samuel 1 04:27 – Thoughts on the Reading 34:06 - Male to Fe...

Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down. - Ruth 4:1   This Episode’s Links: 00:24 – Ruth 4 04:00 – Thoughts on the Reading

At midnight the man was startled and turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet! He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings over your servant, for you are a redeemer.” - Ruth 3:8-9   This Episode’s Links: 00:24 – Ruth 3 04:09 – Thoughts on the Reading 17:40 - The Babylon Bee released its "Guide to Gender" today that will be sure to get you...

Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?” But Boaz answered her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know bef...

But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May Yahweh do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more...

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. - Judges 21:25   This Episode’s Links: (All timestamps offset by 24-seconds) 00:00 – Judges 21 04:12 – Thoughts on the Reading 20:51 - Some chivalry guy made a thread about how all the good virtues have been twisted by the devil's woke experiment and I think it's a must-read – John Knox, NTB 29:49 - Dem...

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. - Judges 19:1 And the men of Israel turned back against the people of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, the city, men and beasts and all that they found. And all the towns that they found the...

And the people of Dan said to him, “Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and you lose your life with the lives of your household.” Then the people of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home. - Judges 18:25-26   This Episode’s Links: 00:24 – Judges 17-18 07:05 – Thoughts on the Reading 30:34...

When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up again, for he has told me all his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hands.” - Judges 16:18 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. - Proverbs 4:23 Do not give your strength to women,    your w...

And Samson’s wife wept over him and said, “You only hate me; you do not love me. You have put a riddle to my people, and you have not told me what it is.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told my father nor my mother, and shall I tell you?” She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted, and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him hard. Then she told the riddle t...

There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and had no children. And the angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.” - Judges 13:2-3   This Episode’s Links: 00:24 – Judges 13 03:56 – Thoughts on the Reading 18:50 - Stephen King Kn...

After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys, and he judged Israel eight years. Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites. - Judges 12:13-15   This Episode’s Links: 00:24 – Judges 12 02:51  – Thoughts on the Reading...

Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah. And behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter. And as soon as he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I cann...