Judges 6:33 - 7:8

Judges 6: 23-42

In this meeting, we begin to put our detective tools to work. Patrick leads us through Matthew and Luke's infancy narratives, including a focus on the genealogies and the records of Jesus' birth. We find a great deal of support for the reliability of these accounts, as well as some apparent discrepancies that prompt helpful discussion.

Judges 6:14-24

In this meeting, we describe the goals and content of our course: Can We Trust the Gospels? Patrick discusses a bit of what to expect from the course. Justin leads us through a tour of how it is that we’re going to answer the course’s main question. In doing so, we’ll play the part of historical detectives, finding bits of evidence for and against the gospels’ historical reliability and weighing the evidence to see where it leads.

Judges 6. God's people enter into their cycle again, worshipping false idols and rejecting true worship of the one true God. God allows the Midianites to plunder them resulting in an existence of hiding and hunger. This brings Israel low and it is the perfect recipe for turning their hearts back to God. Find out what God does when they cry out for HELP!

Judges 4,5 In these chapters we learn more about the predicament that Israel is in. They lack courage. Especially when it comes to the men. In these two chapters we see a very flawed and fearful man (Barak) get called out by God both directly and through the judge known as Deborah. The result is a faith filled courage that is displayed for the glory of God and the good of his people.

Judges 2; God's people turn away from the most important directive that's been given to them by God - to worship only God. The result is discipline that leads to distress which leads to the them crying out and God sending a deliverer. This is the judges cycle that will play out 12 times over the entirety of the book. A cycle that shows our inability to save ourselves and the inability of any human savior to do the saving for us. This leaves us with only one hope - a true and better deliverer. Find out more in this sermon from our sermon series "Hero".

Judges 1:1-7; 27-36

Psalm 16