In The Word Read: 1 Peter 1:13-2:3 13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, 15 but […]
Month: June 2020
Hold Fast to Your Faith
In The Word Read: 1 Peter 1:1-12 A Living Hope, and a Sure Salvation 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to […]
Sin is an Act, Not a Person
In The Word Read: Judges 21 Mourning Lost Tribe 21 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin in marriage.” 2 So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly. 3 They said, […]
One Vision, One Strategy
In The Word Read: Judges 20 Resolve to Punish the Guilty 20 Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.2 The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, took […]
Depravity Without God
In The Word Read: Judges 19 A Levite’s Concubine Degraded 19 Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah. 2 But his […]
Do Not Turn Away
In The Word Read: Judges 17-18 Micah’s Idolatry 17 Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.2 He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; […]
You Can Win In the End
In The Word Read: Judges 16 Samson’s Weakness 16 Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. 2 When it was told to the Gazites, saying, “Samson has come here,” they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. […]
A Godly Anger
In The Word Read: Judges 14-15 Samson’s Marriage 14 Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 So he came back and told his father and mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get […]
Obeying When God Speaks
In The Word Read: Judges 13 Philistines Oppress Again 13 Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, so that the Lordgave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years. 2 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; […]
A Vow is a Vow
In The Word Read: Judges 11:29-12:15 Jephthah’s Tragic Vow 29 Now the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, so that he passed through Gilead and Manasseh; then he passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he went on to the sons of Ammon. 30 Jephthah made a vow to the Lordand […]