God Centered Life

Gideon is thought of as a great hero, but when you dig into this passage, you realize he wrestled with doubts and wrong thinking. Yet God used him, which is an inspiration for our own vacillations of faith.

So many people are turned off from religion because it's too commercial or manipulative, but they do believe in God. When the church attempts to squeeze itself into the mold of what it thinks are the expectations of society, it becomes just what people are not looking for.

When you read violent descriptions of battle in the Bible, it can throw you. But justice and judgment are real, and God is a God of holiness. This is a warning to us, but the message of the gospel is that there is also safety and rescue.

Deborah is a great heroine, and it is a great encouragment to learn about the women of great godliness and massive significance in the Bible.

In this passage, we are faced with a wonderfully encouraging truth: God can use even you and me, unlikely heroes that we all are.

God often uses unlikely heroes, and this is encouraging for us because we often feel God can't use us. But by grace He can.

Tests from God help us grow up and produce character, perseverance, and hope in us. Tests are intended to shore up our faith and produce maturityif we receive them well. If you're going through a testing time, realize that it has a good purpose behind it, even though that doesn't make it any less difficult.

Awesome worship is often the craving of church hoppers these days. Without it, going to a church service can feel as exciting as watching paint dry. This passage helps us see what life is like without God.

We do not expect you to believe in God just because your parents do. You must encounter God and know Him yourself. You must find out for yourself what He has done. Faith is not like a virus that can be caught just by hanging out with other Christians!

The Old Testament preaches the gospel and is the Scripture of Jesus and the New Testament church. The Old Testament is intended to lead us to Christ, and the book of Judges does just that.