Judges 14: Riddles in the Park

Warning: Before attempting to make sense of Judges 14 you must first remind yourself of the basic story of Judges up to this point! A few things you need to remember: When Israel is oppressed, God raises up spiritual and military leaders to rescue them. The rescuing, though it varies in the details, has always …

Judges 11: Jephthah

I’m not going to talk about Jephthah’s daughter. Not because I don’t think her story is worth telling, but because chapter 3 of Rachel Held Evans’ excellent book, “A Year of Biblical Womanhood,” does it way better than I ever could. I want to talk about those pesky little things in the Bible that I …

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, …