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After God led Israel into the promised land of Canaan and conquered the inhabitants, what happened to the people? Did they go from strength to strength, or did they fall back into temptation and chaos? The book of Judges tells us what happens when God gives his people good things, but not good hearts. The first judges, Othniel and Ehud, show us what a human deliverer can do, and cannot do. Join us as we discover how God works in a broken world.

As we begin to move through the cycles of the judges, we must bear in mind how the author has set things up for us in the prologue. He gave us the pattern of the cycles in chapter two, and as we move into the cycles themselves, we will see that pattern unfold. We must be on guard for attempts to moralize…

God uses the obscure, disables and common for His purpose.

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…

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…

We had a small error the begining 5 minutes did not record. You can see my notes via our website at laughlinchurch.com under past sermons. The Hazor video can be seen at https://tv.faithlife.com/860d9be0-7319-4bb0-8d94-7ff91e21ec92

In the past few weeks we have covered a lot of history. We have seen the creation of all things, the disastrous fall of man, the flood, God calling one man to form a new nation, then that nation enslaved to Egypt, God bringing them out of Egypt, establishing them as a nation, and entering the Promised…

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%…

Introduction: The Bible is full of accounts involving difficulties in the lives of people. It is clear that after sin entered the world in Genesis 3 that life started getting much more difficult. Today we see tragedy after tragedy. This very week we saw a tragedy at Oxford High School in Michigan where…

1 These are the nations the Lord left in order to test all those in Israel who had experienced none of the wars in Canaan. 2 This was to teach the future generations of the Israelites how to fight in battle, especially those who had not fought before. 3 These nations included the five rulers of the Philistines…

“Hear me, Lord…listen to my cry…hear my prayer…I call on you, my God, for you will answer me…turn your ear to me and hear my prayer...” Have you ever prayed that prayer or a prayer like that? I’m guessing you have. Maybe not with these exact words, but with the same intent: asking God to hear you, to…

Judges 3:12-30 Ehud Have you ever had to do a dirty job? Every time I go and work in the yard I come back in covered with dust and dirt. It reminds me of the old show that use to come on, dirty jobs with Mike Rowe. You remember him, having to do some of the dirtiest jobs around. From cleaning animal…

In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said to the Israelites, “I brought you out of Egypt into this land that I swore to give your ancestors, and I said I would never break my covenant with…

In one of Charles Schulz’s ‘Peanuts’ cartoons Linus is chomping on a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich. He notices his hands and exclaims, ‘Hands are fascinating things! I like my hands … I think I have nice hands … My hands seem to have a lot of character.’ Lucy comes on the scene as Linus continues:…

English Standard Version (Chapter 3) And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the LORD. And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight…

12 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord , and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord . 13 He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel. And…

THE WAYS OF THE KING ARE NOT THE WAYS OF MAN.

Since God’s method of salvation is through weakness, God can use you weakness. 12 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord , and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord . 13 He gathered…

Judges 2: 11 -following give an overview of the accounts we will study in the book of Judges. Israel does evil…worshiping idols, abandoning the LORD God The LORD hands them over to foreign oppression Israel ‘cries’ out to the LORD The LORD raises up a deliverer/judge who delivers Israel. After the deliverer/judge…

Introduction Have you noticed in yourself or in a friend that if they move away for college, military, or for work to a different part of the country they start picking up the accent of the people? We have some friends who have moved to the UK and starting talking with a British accent This story has…

Introduction This study is based on the third book of the History of Redemption series, entitled ‘The Unquenchable Lamp of the Covenant: The first fourteen generations in the genealogy of Jesus Christ.’ And we’re looking at chapter 24, which covers the work of the Judges. So let us go ahead with the…

20 So Ehud came to him (now he was sitting upstairs in his cool private chamber). Then Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” So he arose from his seat. 21 Then Ehud reached with his left hand, took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly. 22 Even the hilt went in after…

As we begin to move through the cycles of the judges, we must bear in mind how the author has set things up for us in the prologue. He gave us the pattern of the cycles in chapter two, and as we move into the cycles themselves, we will see that pattern unfold. We must be on guard for attempts to moralize…

15 Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord , and the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. 16 And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length, and…

Introduction: TOKYO, Japan — In Japan, being thin isn’t just the price you pay for fashion or social acceptance. It’s the law. So before the fat police could throw her in pudgy purgatory, Miki Yabe, 39, a manager at a major transportation corporation, went on a crash diet last month. In the week before…