She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee, her dress has got a tear. She waltzes on her way to Mass, and whistles on the stair. And underneath her wimple,…
Readings: 1. Gary M. Burge, The NIV Application Commentary: The Letters of John (Zondervan, 1996). 2. Marianne Meye Thompson, The IVP New Testament Commentary Series: 1-3 John (IVP, 1992). 3.…
In my sermon 2 weeks ago, I spoke of the minor judges Ibzan, Elon and Abdon. Like a commercial intermission between the main programs of Jephthah and Samson, they highlighted…
Introduction “Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years” (v. 1). Even though…
The sermon series on Judges this year is proving to be very challenging for the speakers. There are moral ambiguities to grapple with and theological conundrums to solve. But the…