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Can Failure be God’s Will?
March 26, 2016 Can Failure be God’s Will? Today’s reading: Judges 20:1-Ruth 1:22 Mother Teresa is attributed with this saying, “God does...
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- Mar 25, 2016
The Ambitious Minister
Today’s reading: Judges 18:1-19:30 When a society throws off the restraints of God’s law and its members do what is right in their own...
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- Mar 24, 2016
Everyone is Doing It!
Today’s reading: Judges 14:1-17:13 Not unlike the society we read about in Judges, post-modern man overestimates his wisdom to know and...
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- Mar 23, 2016
Jephthah’s Foolish Vow
Today’s reading: Judges 10:6-13:25 Here we read about Jephthah, best known for his foolish vow that resulted in his offering his daughter...
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- Mar 22, 2016
Beware the Seduction of Power
Today’s reading: Judges 9:1-10:5 In this passage we have a sad example of how pride and the desire for power and prestige can trap and...
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- Mar 21, 2016
A Soft (and Wise) Answer
Today’s reading: Judges 7:1-8:35 In today’s reading we come across a magnificent example of how “a soft answer turns away wrath.” This is...
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- Mar 20, 2016
Whose glory? The Story of Deborah and Barak
Today’s reading: Judges 3:31-6:40 I hope you enjoy this story as much as I do. Read and find out who got the glory! See you here again...
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- Mar 19, 2016
Limits to Legacy
Today’s reading: Judges 1:1-3:30 We are starting the book of Judges and we will transition from Joshua as the leader of Israel to a time...
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- Apr 7, 2015
Longing for the Kingdom
Today’s reading: Judges 20-21; Luke 11:1-28 25 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own...
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- Apr 6, 2015
The Cost of Loving Your Neighbor
Today’s reading: Judges 18-19; Luke 10:25-42 25 But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and made her go out...
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- Apr 5, 2015
Spiritual Blindness
The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed! Today’s reading: Judges 15-17; Luke 10:1-24 23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer...
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- Apr 4, 2015
How God Uses Evil for Good
Today’s reading: Judges 12-14; Luke 9:37-62 4 His father and mother did not know that it was from the Lord, for he was seeking an...
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