Tag: Judges

Here is one of those odd stories in Judges.  After eighteen years of serving other gods, and being oppressed by the king of Moab, God’s people cried to Him for deliverance.  God raised up a man named Ehud, who was left-handed (for all you southpaws out there).  The Israelites sent Ehud to Eglon the king…

My dad used to make a statement that I found pretty profound.  He used to say that Christianity was only one generation from being extinct.  Think about it, if one generation of adults don’t pass the faith on to their children; or if one generation of teenagers forget their faith and choose to worship other…

Before reading Judges 1, read Joshua 24:14-15.  Joshua closed his life with a challenge to God’s people.  That challenge was to decide who they would serve — would they serve the gods of other countries, would they continue in the idolatry of their fathers,  or would they serve almighty God of the universe?  The Israelites…

The devotion portion of our blog is written as a way to keep people in the Scriptures.  As a church we know that the Bible was inspired by God, and is profitable (2 Timothy 3:16-17).  The blog devotion is designed to give people at least one experience in the Scriptures on a weekly basis.  The…