Judges: The Power of the Tongue
Words can be very powerful, used both for good, and for bad. They can carry the power of rejection, agreement, diplomacy, dangerous vows, and division.
Words can be very powerful, used both for good, and for bad. They can carry the power of rejection, agreement, diplomacy, dangerous vows, and division.
Abimelek is one of the most ruthless leaders in Judges – grabbing power and manipulating people. Is there another way of doing business in the ‘real world’?
Gideon: the weakest in his clan, used by God to deliver his people. But it didn’t take long for his biggest strength to become his biggest weakness.
Every generation, God gives people the resources to do the unthinkable, and to do the remarkable. Judges 4-5 is a story that shows us exactly that…
What happens when God’s people forget their own story? What does God do when they forget their story? Judges gives us some thoughts on this…
Dodgy dealings, brutal murders, leaders that you lose confidence in. Our first sermon looks at why the book of Judges is even in the Bible.
Dodgy dealings, brutal murders, leaders that you lose confidence in. You could be excused for wondering why Judges is in the Bible at all.
It’s always dangerous to imagine that God feels the same about our enemies as we do. It’s always a shock when we find He sees them so radically differently.
It’s a phrase we hear used a lot, but it was always designed to surprise us, as well as to invite us to see the whole world so very differently.
What does it mean to hear that God loves the world, the church, our enemies and the rebellious?