Category: Judges
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Why God Uses People
I have discovered in this life that there are many people who sell themselves short. Because we live in a works-based society, we tend to be overly critical of ourselves and overly critical of others based on performance. We convince ourselves that because we don’t have a certain level of talent or skill, we are…
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God’s Process in My Brokenness
On Friday there was yet another school shooting. There were ten people who lost their lives and more who were wounded. We ought to lift up the victims and their families in prayer. Our thoughts are with them. My heart breaks when we hear about things like this happening in the world. We always ask…
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God Delivers for His Glory
Last week, we discovered or reminded ourselves of two things. First, that God is working all things together for His glory. We sometimes make the mistake of thinking that God is working for our glory. So, when things don’t work out for our glory, we, as slaves to depravity, point our fingers at God and…
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God and Suffering
On Wednesday evening, we were under a severe weather threat. We had cloud rotation to our south and tornadic activity to our north. Kati and I had our emergency bags packed just in case (and we actually have a “justincase” that Kati’s cousin, Justin, bought us one year for Christmas in case we needed it).…
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Does God Enjoy Punishing Us?
So far in our study of the book of Judges, we have seen two very important things about God. The first is that He will give us over to the idols we worship. God is just and he will allow us to choose whether we will serve Him or not. When we serve Him, we…
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In today’s world, why belief in Jesus?
Last week, as we started the book of Judges, we learned about this cycle of sin, repentance and restoration that plagued the nation of Israel and we noticed the same type of pattern in our own lives. When I see this type of cycle, I notice something about a Biblical worldview that is different from…
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Does God Give Us Over To Our Idols?
This month we get to begin the book of Judges. In Judges we see the vicious cycle of sin played out in the nation of Israel. Israel turns from God and worships idols. God gives them over to another nation. Israel suffers and turns to God. God raises up a judge to deliver them. As…