Gideon Part 2: The LORD Saves His People With 1 Against 450

July 31, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSprings300 Spartans, Esther, Gideon, Judges 7, Leonidas, Midian, Xerxes

Scripture Readings: Judges 7:1-8:3 (text); 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; 13:4 July 31, 2016 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Did you know that the Olympic Games starting next week, Queen Esther, the famous Battle of Thermopylae, and Gideon may all be part of a common thread? The Book of Esther begins with a great assembly called by King Ahasuerus of Persia (modern-day Iran), also known by his Greek name Xerxes. The gathering was in the capital city of Susa, attended by all officials and servants, nobles and governors…

Judges Sermons

Gideon Part 1: God’s Grace Towards Rebels

July 25, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSpringsBaal, Ephesians 2, Gideon, Judges 6

Scripture Readings: Judges 6:1-40 (text); Ephesians 2:1-10 July 24, 2016 (ZCRC Pasig & BSCC) • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Gideon and Samson are the two most romanticized judges of Israel in the Bible. They’ve been subjects of “Be Like” sermons and two of the most frequently told stories in Sunday School. Today, we will have the first lesson on the story of Gideon, which spans Chapters 6-8 of the Book of Judges. This narrative begins with the familiar opening refrain of the stories of the judges. After…

1 Timothy Judges Sermons

“Quiet in the Church”

July 17, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSprings1 Corinthians 14, 1 Timothy 2, complementarian, egalitarian, Judges 5, role of women, Titus 2

Scripture Readings: Judges 5:1-3 (text); 1 Timothy 2:8-14; Titus 2:1-5 July 17, 2016 (ZCRC Pasig & BSCC) • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Forty years ago, in 1976, the Episcopalian Church USA allowed homosexuals to become members of the church. Then in 2003, this denomination ordained an openly gay bishop. Six years later, in 2009, the ECUSA officially recognized same-sex marriages. And last year, they officially rejected the doctrine of marriage as the union between a man and a woman. When the ECUSA first ordained an openly…

Deborah: A Woman Leads Because of Men’s Neglect

July 10, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSpringsBarak, Canaanites, Deborah, Jabin, Jael, Judges, Sisera

Scripture Readings: Judges 4:1-24 (text); Hebrews 11:32-33 July 10, 2016 (ZCRC Pasig & BSCC) • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear congregation of Christ: Most Christians are familiar with three of the twelve judges of Israel: Samson, Gideon, and Deborah. And for many evangelicals, Deborah is often used as proof that the Bible supports women pastors, elders and deacons. Our text, of course, tells us that Deborah is both a judge and a prophetess. In a recent General Assembly of a confessional Presbyterian denomination with which our federation has a…

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The LORD Sends Ehud to Bring a Sacrifice

June 26, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSpringsEglon, Ehud, Judges 3, sacrifices

Scripture Readings: Judges 3:12-31 (text); Hebrews 4:12 July 3, 2016 (ZCRC Pasig and BSCC) • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Who among you are left-handed? I am, and in my younger years, to be left-handed had its disadvantages. It was actually frowned upon, even considered “abnormal.” Some teachers would even hit your left hand with a ruler if you wrote with your left hand. ” alt=”sMvKID_5″ width=”350″ />So months before the first day of my first grade year, my father trained me to write with my right hand.…

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The Lord Saved His People Through Othniel

June 19, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSpringscivil government, Judges 3, Othniel, Romans 13

Scripture Readings:Judges 3:7-11 (text); Romans 13:1-4 June 19, 2016 (BSCC); June 26, 2016 (ZCRC Pasig) • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: In the introduction to the Book of Judges, the author lays out for us the repeating cycle of sin, oppression, crying out in distress, God sending a judge, restoration, and then back to sin again in the life of Israel. Starting with the story of the first judge, Othniel, we see this cycle in a real historical cycle. Othniel’s story is a short five verses. No other…

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“There Arose Another Generation Who Did Not Know the LORD”

June 12, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSpringsDeuteronomy 6, Ephesians 6, Father's Day, Israel, Judges 2

Scripture Readings: Judges 2:6-3:6 (text); Ephesians 6:1-4 June 12, 2016 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear congregation of Christ: This is a quote from a young professing Christian girl who turned into an atheist: If God was absolutely moral, because morality was absolute, and if the nature of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ surpassed space, time, and existence… then why were some things a sin in the Old Testament but not a sin in the New Testament? The young Christian girl is Rachael Slick, who three years ago declared to the world that…

Judges Sermons

“I Will Never Break My Covenant With You”

June 5, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSpringsCaleb, Gideon, herem, Joshua, Judges 1, Moses, Samson

Scripture Readings: Judges 1:1-2:5 (text); Ephesians 6:10-20 June 5, 2016 • Download this sermon (pdf) Congregation of Christ: The book of Judges is a hard book to preach on, so that many pastors avoid preaching or teaching from it. It is full of names, geography, conflict, and even uncomfortably graphic sex, violence and gore. So it is a wonder that sex-and-violence crazed Hollywood has not made more movies about the stories in this book, except about Samson, and Delilah of course. The title of the book comes from the title…