Taking place during the time of the judges, Ruth sits like a diamond of hope set against a black backdrop of despair. This is a VERY Christmasy story. It is a story of peace in a time of chaos; light breaking through darkness; joy overcoming bitterness and hope triumphing over despair! The themes of advent […]
As the congregations of Simcoside Lifepointe Church and Redeemer City Church become one, it would be helpful to look at Psalm 133. David’s goal is simply to awaken our hearts to see and appreciate the beauty of unity. Psalm 133
Today’s passage is not ultimately about Samson. The author of Judges didn’t write this down to entertain us. He wrote it down in order to teach us so as to change us. At the end of it we’ll try to discern just exactly what we’re meant to see. Judges 14:1-15:20
The arrival of a miracle baby is a sure sign that God is about to work a great deliverance for His people. God is signaling here that – in spite of Israel’s apathy – He is not about to let them go. Judges 12:7-13:25
This morning, we’re going to skip past Jephthah’s negotiations with the Ammonites and look at the sin of Jephthah, the sin of Ephraim and the sin of Gilead. Judges 11:12-12:7
There are two stories in our text this morning but, if you look closely, you might come to notice that they are really one. In chapter 10, Israel cries out to God for rescue while in the opening verses of chapter 11, Gilead cries out to Jephthah for rescue but there is a great deal […]
The story of Abimelech is an example that is meant for our instruction. Some examples are positive and should be followed. That’s not the case here. It illustrates very clearly what we are NOT to do. Judges 8:33-9:57
On a day when families across our country are gathering around their thanksgiving table – we decided that we would gather this church family around ours. 1 Corinthians 11:23-32
In this third episode of Gideon’s life, the enemy has been defeated, but the Gideon that we see here in chapter 8 doesn’t look much like the man that we’ve been watching over these last few weeks. Up to this point, there’s been an upward moral trajectory in Gideon’s life but here – where we […]
The Gideon we find here at the end of chapter 6 is not the same man we met at the beginning. Something has changed. The Midianites returned with their raiding party but – while his old instinct was to go into hiding – Gideon responded differently this time around. Judges 6:33 – 7:23