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Introduction As we have been going through the book of Judges, we have been witnessing the rise, fall & rising up again of the COI. We have witnessed: How God brought them out of Egypt - where they’d been for over 400 years. Through the Judgments Through the Bondage Then finally, through the Red Sea…

Building a People of God With Unusual Characters We are coming to a different part of our reflections on the amazing and unusual characters whom God uses to build his people. Moses brought God’s people out of Egypt, after more than 400 years subject to the whims of the Pharaohs. The Joshua was called…

Intro Celebrating victory - What do you do to celebrate a win? In the Bible, after big victories sometimes they wrote a song about it, like Moses & Miriam after Israel went through the Red sea. Today we’re looking at the Song of Deborah & Barak which celebrates the victory that God won. Poetry adds a…

Exegetical Point: Homiletic Point: Intro Withholding obedience... kids, do you sometimes withhold you obedience? Are you slow to do what your parents ask of you? And then try to negotiate your obedience? The LORD Gives Over Judges follows a pattern of cycles, Disobedience - Oppression - Calling Out -…

Mother’s Day is the hardest sermon in the year for me to prepare. It is my one chance to give a shot in the arm for mom’s everywhere that they get can get through another year. It is my one shot to urge them specifically to be godly. It is my one change to put my foot in my mouth and alienate over 50%…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 9, Session 2 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., June 2022. Summary and Goal The era of the judges began with God providing Othniel to deliver Israel and…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) One thing you may not know about me is that I’ve had quite the acting career! As a kid my friends and I would use my dad’s camcorder to record skits we made up. And in high school I took some video production classes. My junior year, I got a…

Torah: Exodus 13:17-17:16 Haftarah: Judges 4:4-5:31 Road Map Review We have been developing the idea of two: , Two Two Two Two Two r Two Two two exiles - Hebrew Bitterness Pride Shema - 1. 2. 3. Picture of Korah Bold Picture of Tannin Picture of three plagues (1) (2) (3) New Moon Picture of Hodesh Full…

I don’t know about you, but I love a good ballad. According to oxford, a ballad is a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture. Many ballads were written…

While our attention is often on the details, God ultimately works in the bigger picture.

God is faithful. Both are rooted in Scripture. Take a look at these words from Deuteronomy Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. But those who hate him he will repay…

Right belief produces speech and behavior that bears God's Approval.

Building a People of God With Unusual Characters I have enjoyed going through these stories of some of the main characters in Genesis. Just to have the recap, like most serials I watch, we started with Noah, who found favor in the eyes of the Lord and saved humanity from the waters of the great flood.…

We are back in Genesis, picking up where we left off. So far, we have observed in Genesis the creation of the heavens and the earth, and mankind on the earth. We watched man fall from grace through rebellious sin. We’ve seen God judge fallen man, flooding the earth and destroying all life except for…

Introduction: Welcome/Prayer (Image) A quick glance of the headlines and current news stories along with what’s trending on Twitter and one might think we are living in the Twilight Zone. With the many problems of America today there seem to be just as many people offering solutions… a common thread…

Who were the first evangelists? Whose home did the first Christians in Jerusalem meet in? Could that have been where the upper room was where Jesus shared the Last Supper? We see in the gospels that Jesus broke with the tradition of His day by having women disciples. There’s no question that women play…

If you haven’t already please find the book of Judges... It’s the seventh book in our bibles, it follows the book of Joshua and precedes the book of Ruth, which precedes 1 Samuel in the pew Bible it’s on page ( ) and if completely lost please reference the table of contents at the front of your bibles…

If you haven’t already please find the book of Judges... It’s the seventh book in our bibles, it follows the book of Joshua and precedes the book of Ruth, which precedes 1 Samuel in the pew Bible it’s on page ( ) and if completely lost please reference the table of contents at the front of your bibles…

Holy Ambition Hannah’s home life was sometimes hard, as she had to contend with a second wife in the marriage. 2 He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. This second wife tended to make fun of Hannah…

If you haven’t already please find the book of Judges... It’s the seventh book in our bibles, it follows the book of Joshua and precedes the book of Ruth, which precedes 1 Samuel in the pew Bible it’s on page ( ) and if completely lost please reference the table of contents at the front of your bibles…

Introduction In a busy world, it has become more and more challenging to have a fulfilling prayer life. Distractions wage war against dedicated prayer. Building a better prayer life. Turning to Scripture to strengthen our prayer lives. Following a simple acronym. A - Adoration C - Confession T - Thanksgiving…

32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword,…

Be Thou My Vision Thy Word Lord Prepare Me

Open to Hebrews 11.32-40 ... Today we finish out chapter 11... In this final section the author gives us a generic grouping of examples to wrap up the point he has been trying to make since v. 1-2... We’ll look at these examples, not in too much detail, at least not like we have with the previous examples...…