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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…

Exegetical Point: Homiletic Point: Intro Where do you turn in times of trouble? Your first port of call is probably your highest allegiance. Do you turn to yourself? “I can only trust myself, I have to knuckle down and fix this” Do you turn to another human, like your spouse or friend, or even an adult…

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

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.

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…

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

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…

How many of you are into board games or card games? If you’ve been introduced to a new game recently, that experience probably went something like this. Somebody was elected to read the instructions and explain the game. In my house, usually that’s me. Perhaps a few paragraphs in, the rules-reader got…

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…

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…

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

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…

Read Judges 2:11-19 What a hard time is when we don’t have a good leader or there is not leader at all. (WE) First day of school. Teacher or some charismatic student breaks the silence. But real life is no joke, like CHAZ S What brings chaos and how can we prevent that? (GOD) Israel abandoned God after…

The Certainty of Forgetfulness Ian Crouch wrote an article in The New Yorker called “The Curse of Reading and Forgetting.” The article laments the reality that you will likely forget most of everything your read. He cites his own misfortune of being exited to buy a book a colleague highly recommended,…

We're going to digress from the big picture of the Conquest to a personal story of conquest -- one that has been forty-five years in the making. The main character here is Caleb, by now an old man of 85 years. And we'll take the opportunity to look at his career of faith -- and God's faithfulness --…

Song: Glorious Day Song: Raise a Hallelujah Prayer: Phillip Song: tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus Song: Rescue And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord . They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth. Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against…

I. It may be an act of Judgment Map How Israel’s History shows that they are presently rejecting God Israel wanted three things out of their King - To raise an national army to defeat enemies; to act as the highest court in the land to preserve law and order; to elevate the status of Israel in the world.…

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 Good morning church, We’re going to continue in our Judges series this morning. I’m excited to share with you what is contained within Chapter 3 of the passage this morning. As a Youth Pastor this particular chapter contains one of my most favourite stories and probably one of my favourite…

God Can Work Through Anybody

Then the Angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: “I led you up from Egypt and brought you to the land of which I swore to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you. And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their…

The Book of Judges I. The transition from Joshua’s leadership to the Judges (Ch.1-3:7) EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE BOOK OF JUDGES In the book of Joshua we see the fear of the parents of the Israelites did not come to past on their children. The giants were defeated, the land was taken, the tribes settled…

“Now if you faithfully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all His commands I am giving you today, the Lord your God will put you far above all the nations of the earth. All these blessings will come and overtake you, because you obey the Lord your God: You will be blessed in the city and…

Background info – Author – Samuel – Speculation Date – 1000 BC Audience – Nation of Israel Theme – “Disobedience and Defeat” The book of Judges covers about 300 – 350 year time period Dever’s summary of the book of Judges – “The first two are introductory, chapters 3-16 provide accounts of twelve judges,…

Prayer Requests Recap What happened last week? Joshua led the people into the promised land. The Lord delivered Jericho into the hands of the Israelites by commanding them to march around the city for 7 days, and on the final day they blew their trumpets and shouted and the walls of Jericho fell. The…