Click HERE for sermon audio The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening. 14 When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the […]
Judges
Jesus Cleanses the Temple, John 2:13-22
Before we focus exclusively on our passage, I want to consider the wedding at Cana and the temple cleansing together, and why they might have been placed side by side in chapter 2. The gospel writer, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, placed these two accounts next to one another on purpose, […]
Shamgar and His Oxgoad: Judges 3:31
31 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel. – Judges 3:31 Context and Setting After Moses leads the people of Israel throughout the wilderness, the Israelites move into the promised land under the leadership of Joshua. As they move into the promised land, […]
Jesus the Judge
The book of Judges is a provocative and puzzling book of the Bible. Containing numerous stories of Israel’s repeated rebellion and redemption it can leave you scratching your head as you read the final verse of the book: “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own […]