Posted April 16, 2011 by shannabryant in Blog
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 ›
Posted April 7, 2011 by shannabryant in Blog
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 ›
Posted April 1, 2011 by shannabryant in Blog
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 ›
Posted March 24, 2011 by shannabryant in Blog
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 ›
Posted March 18, 2011 by shannabryant in Blog
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 ›