Some Final Thoughts on Judges

Things often start a lot better than they end. If there was ever a time when the promise of the future seemed brightest, when hope was the most alive, it would be the beginning of Judges.  When I started reading it, I was rooting for Israel. Come on people! You can do it! You have everything …

Judges 8: The Addiction Nation

There’s a lot to be said about Judges 8. We could talk of Gideon’s violent revenge on those who refused him and his army food. We could talk about how he tried to make his oldest son, who was still a child, slaughter two grown men. But I would rather talk about Israel’s propensity towards …

Judges 7: Less is More

I’m about to attempt something dangerous. I’m a trained professional; Do not try this at home. I will write this post in the same room where my wife is watching “Toddlers and Tiaras.” Pray for me. —————- When we last saw our pal, Gideon, he had been called by God to deliver Israel from the …

Judges 6 part 2: Cautiously Courageous

So, Gideon was called by God to deliver his people. That is a tall order. And it is a good thing Gideon had a few days to think about it before the LORD commanded him to start delivering. Oh, wait. That night the Lord said to him, ‘Take your father’s bull, the second bull seven years old, …

Judges 6 part 1: Gideon and The Angel

Things got bad in Post-Deborah Israel. Real bad. Midian took over. And they did something that no other nation had done: destroyed Israel’s crops and livestock. They were like locusts. The only way Israel could survive was to hide in the mountains and caves. So that’s what Israel did. And that’s exactly what our plucky …