Tag: judges
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Less Is Better
7And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. They forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth. 8Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. 9But when the…
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The Vicious Cycle
11And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. 12And they abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to…
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Four Stages of Moral Decline
1After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the LORD, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?” 2The LORD said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.” –Judges 1 The first verses of Judges show us the right choice when faced with uncertainty: inquire…
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Like Father Like Daughter
16And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.” 17And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. 18When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she…
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Your Own Counsel
11“But my people did not listen to my voice;Israel would not submit to me.12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,to follow their own counsels.–Psalm 81 Asaph at times quoted God in this psalm. Here is one of those moments. What was God’s message? His people refused to do two things and so God…
Joel M Bradshaw 