Our passage for today can be found in chapter eight. Priorities were certainly important in the era of the Judges, and they are equally important today. It is so easy to get them out of whack, wouldn't you agree? We invite you to find your place in Judges eight, as pastor Lloyd looks again at the life and times of Gideon.

Johan Sebastian Bach once said, "All music should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the soul's refreshment". He was clearly a man who understood that God not only should get the glory in all of life's victories, He also deserves it. We're about to meet another man who understood this to be true.

Today on Bridging the Gap. we'll see Gideon in a real predicament - his army of three hundred against thousands of Midianites. Let's let pastor Lloyd take it from here.

Gideon was given a great task to perform by God, and despite the seemingly long odds, he obeyed God and ultimately found victory. Now, I'd say that's a life we can learn something positive from!

On today's broadcast we continue the story of Gideon. This historic account of this Godly man provides us the opportunity to evaluate our faith. We say we trust the Lord but do we really? As Christians, God has called us to certain things. And our response, like Gideon's, is often doubt and uncertainty. But as we'll learn, God in His grace comes down to our level, to bring us higher.

The book of Judges is really timeless because the problems God's people face are perennial. From Judges chapter six here's, pastor Lloyd Pulley, to begin a mini-series on the life and times of a great man named Gideon.

God has used women greatly throughout the ages, and we're going to see a great biblical example of that today. Her name is Deborah, and we find her song of warning in Judges five. Communication skills are essential in our relationship with God and with each other, and Deborah is a shining example.

Today, we're going to have a little choir practice, as we look at the Song of Deborah, found in Judges chapter five. The lyrics of this song are really amazing. They challenge us, they remind us that we face the same issues today that Deborah talked about back then, and there is a little history lesson thrown in as well.

You cry out to God for deliverance, and He does so very graciously. You're set free, and then a little while later that cycle occurs again... and again! This is actually nothing new. As we'll see in Judges three, the children of Israel did the very same thing.

Today we visit Judges chapter three. The children of Israel are in a season of wickedness, and the Lord is really upset about it. They're about to cry out to God, and the Lord, by His grace, delivers them yet again.