Judges 3:12-4:4, 5:1-7 The cycle for the people of Israel goes like this: sin, judgment, repentance, deliverance. Judges were sent to bring deliverance and sometimes it comes from the least likely people. As we see three different judges with three different stories, we are reminded that God can use anyone, because it’s His work in […]
Judges 10:15 – 11:11. 28-40, 12:7 Jephthah is a Judge over the people of Israel. Judges came along before kings and were the ones who would save or deliver the people of Israel against other nations. As Jephthah goes off to battle he makes a vow, a promise, to the Lord that ends up costing […]
Joshua 6:1-27 As Joshua leads the Israelites into the Promised Land, they are set to take the city of Jericho. And the way to defeat your enemy is to march around their city, and to blow trumpets, and to shout, after all it just means you’re listening to the commands of God. Something that we […]
Joshua 2:1-24 Presented by Rev. John Blum: Because she was welcoming to the spies sent to check on the land of Canaan, and had faith, Rahab the prostitute was adopted and became part of Jesus’ family tree.
Numbers 20:2-13, 21:4-9, 22:1-6, 20-38 Last week we talked about the minority vs. the majority, the popular opinion vs. the unpopular opinion. As Moses lifts up the bronze serpent in the wilderness to save the people who have been bitten by snakes, we’ll take a look at what kinds of things get lifted up in today’s society that we […]
Numbers 13:1-2, 17-33, 14:1-3, 26-38 God led the people of Israel to the Promised Land, and Moses sent out twelve spies to check out the land that God had promised them, to see who inhabited the land, and if it was a land flowing with milk and honey. When the spies returned after 40 days, […]
Leviticus 16:1-34 The Tabernacle is set up, and God lays out very specific plans for sacrifices, and very specific rules for the place where He dwells, the Most Holy Place. Only once per year could the high priest enter it, on the Day of Atonement. What is atonement? When was the last time your celebrated […]
Exodus 32:1-35 We celebrate Trinity Sunday and recognize God as 3-in1, three persons, one God. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. As the Israelites wait for Moses to come down from Mt Sinai, they aren’t patient enough and instead make for themselves a god, a golden calf. They worship this […]
Exodus 19:1-11, 16-25, 20:1-21 We celebrate Pentecost and think about the tongues of fire descending upon the disciples allowing them to speak in other languages, so that the word of God is spread. Today we journey to Mt. Sinai where smoke and fire have descended upon the mountain and God gives Moses the Ten Commandments. Which one […]
Exodus 16:1-17:7 As the people of Israel are freed from the slavery of Egypt, they have one response: complaining. They’re hungry, they’re thirsty. Sounds much like the children in our lives who are constantly hungry and thirsty even after they’ve just been fed. How does God respond to hunger and thirst? He meets our needs. He […]
