Archive for July, 2010
Judges 9
Judges 9 Abimelech 1 Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan, 2 “Ask all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember, I am your more »
Sunday: Pre-Thoughts on the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization
Some months ago, I was invited to attend the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization at Cape Town, South Africa later, in October of this year. The Lausanne Congress and the movement behind it sets out to affirm the unity of the worldwide church and to strategically orient the worldwide church to complete the task more »
Judges 7-8
Judges 7 Gideon Defeats the Midianites 1 Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh. 2 The LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to more »
Judges 6
Judges 6 Gideon 1 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. 2 Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds. 3 Whenever the Israelites planted their more »
Judges 4-5
Judges 4 Deborah 1 After Ehud died, the Israelites once again did evil in the eyes of the LORD. 2 So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin, a king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3 Because he had nine more »
