a weekly gathering of college students & young adults in and around the Roanoke Valley.
Greetings from New Orleans!! For those of you who don’t know, Rhythm has taken a group of 13 people to New Orleans, LA for the week to work with Habitat for Humanity. We are working on building houses, siding, interior stuff, and building decks. For the past three days, we … Read more ›
by Matt Parr I honestly cannot tell you how long I have been attending Rhythm. Over the years it has become a weekly ritual for me. There have been weeks where I’ve occasionally missed or had other plans, but no matter what, every Thursday, Rhythm was where I am. I … Read more ›
This week at Rhythm, Craig talked about Samson… a man of strength and a certain amount of pride… There were many times in his life that God used to fight the enemy and win the day, but in the end the person who defeated Samson was himself. He let himself … Read more ›
By Matthew Parr Alright, before I say anything about the sermon or the message, let me just say this. I felt God last night. I may be a Christian, and I may go to Rhythm every week, but personally, I haven’t felt God like that in a long long time. … Read more ›
By Matt Parr After going home and reading the chapter nine of the book of Judges myself, I couldn’t help thinking of one of my favorite Bible verses. “The fear of the Lord teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor.” (Proverbs 15: 33) No, I don’t think Abimelech … Read more ›
Gideon had a choice to make. He could run away from this seemingly impossible battle, or he could trust God and fight a huge army with only 300 men armed with trumpets and jars. He made the correct choice. God was on his side, he tested and had confirmation and … Read more ›
by Matthew Parr The last we had heard about Gideon was with his one on one with an angel of God and after a test of God’s power, he finally realized that the angel was speaking the truth. And after that, God asked Gideon to do something that would cause a … Read more ›
Judges 6:1-24…. Gideon…. the weakest of the weak is called by Sovereign God to be the next judge for Israel…. and now let’s Tarantino it back to the beginning of the story… Israel had, once again, turned away from God to continue their downward spiral (and “spiral” does makes sense, because it seems … Read more ›
By Matthew Parr I could go so many ways with the story of Deborah in the Book of Judges. Not only was she the first woman God had publically called to be a leader of Israel, but she led like no man had led before. She led with understanding, wisdom, … Read more ›
This week Craig talked about the first three judges mentioned in the book of Judges: the Warrior, the Ninja, and the Farmer Boy. The Warrior (Othniel) was someone who was raised to judge, someone who everyone expected to step up and get the job done. The Ninja (Ehud) was everything … Read more ›
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