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13“Now surrender those wicked men of Gibeah so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel.” But the Benjamites would not listen to their fellow Israelites. Sometimes justice hits home and we end up defending the wrong person. The horrible rape that set up this situation deserves justice. Rape isContinue reading “22Apr 2011 Judges 20:13”

30Everyone who saw it said, “Such a thing has never been seen or done, not since the day the Israelites came up out of Egypt. Think about it! Consider it! Tell us what to do!” This chapter begins with the words, “In those days Israel had no king.” And it ends with the words above.Continue reading “21Apr 2011 Judges 19:30”

19They answered him, “Be quiet! Don’t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest. Isn’t it better that you serve a tribe and clan in Israel as priest rather than just one man’s household?” Some people, even religious people, get off track in their spiritual lives. Here is a Levite, oneContinue reading “20Apr 2011 Judges 18:19”

15Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.” Samson had to be one of the dumbest men who ever lived. He was probablyContinue reading “19Apr 2011 Judges 16:15”

1Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a your Philistine woman. Some parents spoil their children, given them everything they want. Samson is just such a child. He is grown now, but his parents still coddle him. He knows how to twist them around his finger. Later in this passage the childish words, “IContinue reading “18Apr 2011 Judges 14:1”

24Will you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, whatever the LORD our God has given us, we will possess. These are words of challenge in a day of war. The challenge is not to a people but to their god. A god ought to be able to defend its own people. AsContinue reading “17Apr 2011 Judges 11:24”

19if you have acted honorably and in good faith toward Jerub-Baal and his family today, may Abimelech be your joy, and may you be his, too! Sometimes we get the leaders we deserve! Their rule, Abimelech, was a sneaky, conniving murderous man. He only thought about himself and his own welfare. He ‘used’ people inContinue reading “16Apr 2011 Judges 9:19”

27Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family. Sometimes, even with the best intentions, our efforts get in the way of true surrender and worship. Gideon has been used by theContinue reading “15Apr 2011 Judges 8:27”

7The LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the other men go, each to his own place.” The LORD insists on getting the glory. He has limited the number of soldiers from 32,000 men to 300. He didContinue reading “14Apr 2011 Judges 7:7”

2“When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves – praise the LORD! The tent peg that saved the West! Well, maybe not the West, but the nation of Israel. A distant relative saved the day. There was a woman named Deborah who stepped up and became the leader ofContinue reading “13Apr 2011 Judges 5:2”