God is King: Tracing the Kingdom of God through the Old Testament
September 6, 2020 The fundamental reality of Scripture is that God is king of the world. We will trace the theme of the kingdom of God throughout the Old Testament,...
Messy Ends
August 13/14, 2016 The book of Judges ends (Judges 17-21) with an odd assortment of stories that take a different direction than the previous stories, leaving us with the sad...
Samson, Nazarite of YHWH, Get in Touch with the Spirit!
August 6/7, 2016 Samson gets entangled with sexual sin and his own pride in a way that is both humiliating and difficult for God’s people (Judges 16:1-31). What happens when...
Miracle Man and Revenge: Samson, Part 1
July 30/31, 2016 Samson (Judges 13:1-15:20) is the miraculous child given by God to bring hope to the Israelites. He is set apart and strengthened with power. Still, he operates...
The Outcast: Jephthah
July 23/24, 2016 Jephthah (Judges 10:6-12:7) was a gritty deliverer from a gritty background. The son of a prostitute, Jephthah was called by God and the people as deliverer almost reluctantly....
The Bramble King: Abimelek
July 16/17, 2016 Abimelek (Judges 9:1-57) follows the way in which his father, Gideon, lived the latter part of his life, setting himself up as king by murdering his brothers...
All’s Well that Ends Well?: Gideon, Part 2
July 9/10, 2016 Gideon starts well (last week), but ends his life with bloodshed and idolatry, losing sight of the most important matters of serving God. It is easy as...
Strength in Weakness: Gideon, Part 1
July 2/3, 2016 Gideon’s story in Judges 6:1-7:25 tracks an unexpected leader with plenty of doubts who moves to surprising victory. God tells Gideon to cut his army down from...
The Right Woman for the Job: Deborah
June 25/26, 2016 Deborah (Judges 4:1-5:31) is a prophet who receives the word from God and calls on Barak to rise up as the deliverer. Barak is unwilling to do...
Lead with the Left: Ehud
June 18/19, 2016 The story of Ehud in Judges 3:12-30, “a left-handed man,” captures our imagination, but is striking culturally because left-handedness was a sign of weakness, possibly even physical...