In the Wilderness: God-Centered Worship

June 24, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSprings1 Corinthians 3, duties of officebearers, Levites, Numbers 3, regulative principle of worship

In the same manner that the Levites were substituted for the redemption of the firstborn sons of Israel, Christ became our substitute so that we might become firstborn children of God.

Judges Sermons

Abimelech the Vengeful Destroyer

August 29, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSprings1 Corinthians 3, Abimelech, Gideon, Judges 9, Shechem

Scripture Readings: Judges 8:33-9:57; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 August 28, 2016 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Remember the foreboding epilogue to Gideon’s life? It says that he had many wives who bore him 70 sons. One of his sons was from a Canaanite concubine in Shechem, whom he named Abimelech. And what does “Abimelech” mean? “My father is king.” Although publicly, Gideon declined to be the king of Israel, he acted like it, and considered himself a king (Jgs 8:29-31). Our text is a long story of…