Last week we saw Gideon called and commissioned to deliver Israel from the oppression of the Midianites. In our passage, we are going to see the deliverance, but it will happen in a way that is both surprising and encouraging to people of faith.  As...

In Judges 6, we meet our newest judge, Gideon. In this passage, we see that once again the children of Israel have done what is evil in the sight of God. They have again forgotten God and returned to idolatry and are suffering under the consequences...

In this Psalm, King David praises Yahweh, the God of Israel, as the King of glory. Although David is the King of Israel, he does not claim to be the ultimate Sovereign King over any of it, but rather gives praise to God who is the creator and...

Our next judge is a woman named Deborah. She, with the help of Barak and Jael, are used by God to display the incredible greatness of His salvation. Against enemy forces, God shows his power to redeem and deliver his people. While his power is...

Following the introduction, we meet our first judge Othniel. While little detail is given on this judge we see the pattern that will be repeated throughout the book of Judges: the people do evil in the sight of God, God gives them over to oppressors...

In our passage we see the religious life of the generations following the death of Joshua. This is often called the second introduction for it starts again with the death of Joshua. It is like a "flashback" to show the spiritual state of...

Last week, Pastor Daniel shared from 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 about why we are to love God's glory and how by doing so we ourselves are changed from one degree of glory to another. We were reminded of the first aspect of our mission statement: We...

Pastor Tom gave us an introduction to the book of Judges last week.  In his absence, for the next couple Sundays, we will look at the letter of II Corinthians and consider two aspects of our mission statement as a church.  We exist to love God’s...

The book of Judges reminds us of the relentless mercy of God to a people who live in a culture of growing darkness.  Israel was living in a religiously pluralistic land where they would be tempted to compromise and falter in faith.  God's...

After a week of contemplating of Jesus as our sin bearer and redeemer, it is with great joy we come to celebrate Easter morning. Happy Easter. We find quite a celebration in Revelation chapter 5. Let me remind you that in 4:1, John has been invited...