The Book of Judges Lesson 23 – Chapter 16 Samson must be one of the most ironic characters in the entire bible. It’s hard to know what to make of him, and allegorizing who he was and what he did into a wide array of sermons and topical discussions has proved to be irresistible to […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 22 – Chapters 15 and 16 We continue today our story of Samson that appears in the middle chapters of the Book of Judges. We finished chapter 14 last week and today we’ll begin chapter 15 and get a little way in chapter 16. When we left off Samson spotted […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 21 – Chapter 14 Our discussion last week centered on the meteoric and volatile Samson, from the Book of Judges chapter 13. We examined his God-announced miraculous birth (by a mysterious manifestation of God termed the Angel of the Lord) from the long-void womb of his aged mother and we […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 20 – Chapter 13 We just got started on studying the next judge cycle in the Book of Judges, the story of the immature and petulant strongman Samson. I gave you a bit of an overview of what to expect and drew a parallel between Paul’s lament in Romans 7 […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 19 – Chapters 12 and 13 This week we conclude the story of Jephthah, the Judge who liberated the northern tribes of Israel from the oppression and threats of the king of Ammon. Last time we spent a good deal of study on the matter of Jephthah’s only child, a […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 18 – Chapter 11 The last we met, we read in Judges 11 about the newest Judge, Yiftach (Jephthah in the English) who lived in a place called Gilead (Gilead was on the east side of the Jordan River). He had been driven out of his family home because he […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 17 – Chapters 10 and 11 This week we begin a 3 chapter series on the exploits of a fellow named Yiftach , or better known in English bibles as Jephthah. We finished up our last lesson by briefly discussing 2 of the 5 so-called Minor Judges, Tola and Ya’ir. […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 16 – Chapters 9 and 10 We’ll continue today in Judges chapter 9, the story of Avimelech (known more as Abimelech in English) the son of Gideon born of a Shechemite concubine. Let’s briefly review: Gideon had 70 sons by his legal wives and one son by a Canaanite woman […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 15 – Chapter 9 This week we will begin to explore Judges chapter 9, the story of a fellow called Avimelech, one of Gideon’s 71 sons. Like so much of Judges chapter 9 it is just example after example, lesson after lesson, and application after application of the God-principles that […]

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The Book of Judges Lesson 14 – Chapter 8 We have entered a fascinating and most relevant section of Judges that begins with our study of Gideon and then moves on to the aftermath of his era as a judge when one of his sons assumes a leadership position. The lessons contained here prove that […]

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