The Book of Judges Lesson 8 – Chapter 5 We began Judges chapter 5 last week; a section of Scripture called the Song of Deborah and we’re going to carefully dissect this song today as scholars have long recognized its importance. It is a victory song, an anthem of freedom and liberation because it was […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 7 – Chapters 4 and 5 As we moved into chapter 4 last week, we encountered the female Shophet Devorah . The judges discussed in the chapters before Devorah dealt with the idolatrous rebellions of the tribes of Israel that were generally located in the southern end of the Promised […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 6 – Chapters 3 and 4 As we continue with Judges chapter 3, we’ll be introduced to the 2nd Judge of Israel Ehud . The first Shophet (Shofet, Judge) was Othniel from the tribe of Judah, and he fought with Kushan-Rish’atayim to eject him from the southern tribal area of […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 5 – Chapter 3 Last week in Judges chapter 2 the Lord told Israel that as a result of their blatant idolatry (that was both a cause and an effect from their refusal to obey Yehoveh’s instructions to drive out or kill all the inhabitants of Canaan) He would allow […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 4 – Chapter 2 Continued In Judges chapter 2 we find the beginning of the terrible unexpectedly quick slide of Israel from their golden age of unity and harmony with YHWH (under Joshua’s leadership) into rebellion and idolatry. We saw last week that the Lord God accused Israel of gross […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 3 – Chapter 2 Judges chapter 1 gave us a short background on the political situation in the Land of Canaan that reflects the time approaching Joshua’s death and then perhaps the next decade as the elders closest to Joshua took over leadership after he was buried. In a nutshell […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 2 – Chapter 1 We set the stage for exploring Judges last week and we’ll move into the 1st chapter today. What we’re going to see is a rapid slide of Israel from a pinnacle of success and accomplishment and (more importantly) harmony with God into an every man for […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 1 – Introduction Today we begin our study of the book of Judges, one of the lesser-read books of the bible and equally so one of the lesser-researched sections of Scripture by scholars. I will tell you frankly that Christian scholars in particular just don’t know quite what to do […]

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JOSHUA Lesson 27 – Chapter 24 Conclusion (End of Book) We’ll finish up the book of Joshua today. But before we get there we’ll look at a few more of the inspiring, foundational and rather heavy-duty God-principles that comprise the last chapter of this book. I suspect we could spend several more weeks in this […]

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JOSHUA Lesson 26 – Chapter 24 Continued As we continue in this final chapter of the book of Joshua, we’ll need yet another lesson beyond this one to explore more of the great God-principles present in it. We ended last week with a rather long discussion about the ancient mindset as concerned gods in general […]

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