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…

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Gideon Part 3: All’s Not Well That Doesn’t End Well

August 7, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSprings1 Corinthians 10, Abimelech, Baal, Colossians 3, ephod, Gideon, Judges 8

Scripture Readings: Judges 8:1-35; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Colossians 3:17 August 7, 2016 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: The title of our study this morning is the reverse of a well-known proverb or cliché, “all’s well that ends well.” It means that everything has turned out well, even though some things went wrong and the outcome was uncertain, along the way. Did you know that this proverb was popularized in Shakespeare’s play of the same name? It is the story of a beautiful woman in a court in…

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Sermon Series on the Book of Judges

August 2, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSpringsAbdon, Barak, Book of Judges, Deborah, Ehud, Elon, Gideon, Hebrews 11, Ibzan, Jair, Jephthah, Othniel, Samson, Tola

Date Scripture Readings Title 06/05/16 Judges 1:1-2:5 (text); Ephesians 6:10-20 “I Will Never Break My Covenant With You” (web) (pdf) 06/12/16 Judges 2:6-3:6 (text); Ephesians 6:1-4 “There Arose Another Generation Who Did Not Know the LORD” (web) (pdf) 06/19/16 Judges 3:7-11 (text); Romans 13:1-4 The LORD Saved His People Through Othniel (web) (pdf) 07/03/16 Judges 3:12-31 (text); Hebrews 4:12 The LORD Sends Ehud to Bring a Sacrifice (web) (pdf) 07/10/16 Judges 4:1-24 (text); Hebrews 11:32-33 Deborah: A Woman Leads Because of Men’s Neglect (web) (pdf) 07/17/16 Judges 5:1-3 (text); 1 Timothy 2:8-14; Titus 2:1-5 “Quiet…

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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…

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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…

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“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…