April 22 Judges 20-21 (ESV) Israel’s War with the Tribe of Benjamin 20:1 Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah. 2 And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the [...]
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April 22 Judges 20-21
Posted: April 22, 2012 by Pam Larson in April Bible Readings, Bible Passages, JudgesTags: April Bible Readings, Bible, Bible study, daily Bible, Judges, Scripture
Law of the Jungle
Posted: April 21, 2012 by Pam Larson in April, Devotionals/Commentaries, JudgesTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, David Guzik, God's grace, grace, J.C.Ryle, Judges, Scripture
We have reached Judges 19, a terrifying and awful account of how bad things had gotten in Israel. D.A.Carson, in “For the Love of God, Vol 1″ says “the law of the jungle has triumphed in the fledgling nation of Israel.” Indeed, Judges 19: 1 says, “In those days, when there was no king in [...]
April 21 Judges 19
Posted: April 21, 2012 by Pam Larson in April Bible Readings, Bible Passages, JudgesTags: April Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Judges, Scripture
April 21 Judges 19 (ESV) A Levite and His Concubine 19:1 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. 2 And his concubine was unfaithful to [1] him, and she went away from [...]
Right in his own eyes
Posted: April 20, 2012 by Pam Larson in April, Devotionals/Commentaries, JudgesTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, D. A. Carson, daily Bible, Judges, Right in his own eyes, Scripture
Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Everyone was doing as they pleased and not according to God. Micah steals from his mother (so much for family loyalty!) then confesses (maybe because he is afraid….his mother curses the thief, not knowing it was [...]
April 20 Psalm 89:19-52
Posted: April 20, 2012 by Pam Larson in April Bible Readings, Bible Passages, JudgesTags: April Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Psalms, Scripture
April 20 Psalm 89:19-52 (ESV) 19 Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, [1] and said: “I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. 20 I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him, 21 so that my hand shall be established [...]
April 20 Judges 17-18
Posted: April 20, 2012 by Pam Larson in April Bible Readings, Bible Passages, JudgesTags: April Bible Readings, Bible, Bible study, daily Bible, Judges, Scripture
April 20 Judges 17-18 (ESV) Micah and the Levite 17:1 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And he said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is [...]
April 19 Judges 16
Posted: April 19, 2012 by Pam Larson in April Bible Readings, Bible Passages, JudgesTags: April Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Judges, Samson and Delilah, Scripture
April 19 Judges 16 (ESV) Samson and Delilah 16:1 Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute, and he went in to her. 2 The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” And they surrounded the place and set an ambush for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, [...]
Like Samson, we may have weak instruments, but we have a strong God.
Posted: April 18, 2012 by Pam Larson in April, Devotionals/Commentaries, JudgesTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, God's Power Seen through Samson...and us, Like Samson we may have weak instruments but we have a strong God.
From a Study in Judges, Samson Part 3, from Back Free Church of Scotland: What did Samson have to work with, in his exploits and in his offensive against the Philistines? The answer is — not very much. The first time he attacks, it is with three hundred foxes whom he binds tail to tail, [...]
Right in whose eyes?
Posted: April 22, 2012 by Pam Larson in April, Devotionals/Commentaries, JudgesTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Judges, Right in Their Own Eyes, Right in whose eyes?, Scripture
As we finish our reading of Judges today (Chapters 20-21), we see a phrase repeated…. “right in their own eyes” ….. I am struck with the depravity of the people, as they just did whatever they considered to be right in their own eyes. Moral, political, social, and spiritual chaos reigned. There was no recognized [...]