Three words from Judges 10 is ringing in my ears today.
“The LORD replied,” (Judges 10:11)
How do you hear the Lord?  It is pehaps the most important question.  If you are full of sinful behaviour, how do you hear the Lord?  If you are full of saintly behaviour, how do you hear the Lord?
I am sorry [...]

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Leadership by force is the lowest level of leadership.  Sometimes you have to lead by force, but it is simply the worst.  Abimelech decided that force was going to be his rule:
“Abimelech used [the silver] to hire reckless adventurers, who became his followers.” (Judges 9:4)
Abimelech hired a brute squad to get rid of anyone who [...]

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If Gideon had the voice of Rosco P. Coltrane from “Duke of Hazard”, he would be yelling, “We’re in hot pursuit!”
Gideon is running after the Midianites, and finding out who is with him on the conquest.
When you find victory over an oppression, you have to pursue to eradicate it.  Too many of us, start down [...]

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Judges six is a setup chapter for Judges seven.  It gives us the background and calling of a man named Gideon who is the next Judge in the the cycle of rebelion-captivitity-repentance-deliverance.
Gideon has been filled with fear.
1. He is threshing in a winepress.  This hides the grain.
2. He declares that his clan is the weakest [...]

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The song continues telling the story of the battle.  I love editorial note that follows the song.
“Then the land had peace for forty years” (Judges 5:31)
In one of my all-time favorit movie, First Knight, Sean Connery as King Arthur lays down one of life’s great truths.  King Arthur is being challenged to war, and the [...]

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The war is over and what do they do? Sing a song, of course.
1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
2 “When the princes in Israel take the lead,
when the people willingly offer themselves—
praise the LORD!
3 “Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers!
I will sing to the LORD, I will [...]

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The election is over and we have a new president-elect in our country.  The news love to show exuberance and despair on a day like this, but there is a bunch of us in the middle that has a quiet smile.  Today as an American, you should smile.

We had one of the oldest presidential candidates:  [...]

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Judges 3 starts us into the cycle of Judges and introduces us to the first two: Othniel & Ehud.  As we move through the book of Judges, you will notice that the flaws of the Judges crescendo.  These are military rulers, so much of the stories center around battle and strategy.
Here is what I am [...]

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