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Joshua & Judges and Work
Bible CommentaryThis Bible commentary on Joshua and Judges offers lessons for following God through times of chaos and uncertainty.
Deborah: an Ezer Woman Equipped to Lead (Judges 4-5)
ArticleSometimes God calls a woman to the highest level of leadership in a crisis moment. As the Israelites settled into the...
The Levite’s Concubine: Human Depravity & The Complicity of Religious Authorities (Judges 18-21)
Bible CommentaryThe final episode in Judges is the most appalling event in Israel’s long slide into depravity, idolatry, and anarchy....
The Prosperity Gospel Unmasked in Early Form (Judges 17)
Bible CommentaryIf the central section of Judges offers us flawed heroes caught in a depressing cycle of oppression and deliverance, the...
The Judges’ Failure of Leadership (Judges 9-16)
Bible CommentaryGideon’s failures are intensified in the judges who follow. Gideon’s son Abimelech unites the people around him, but...
Past Success Doesn’t Ensure the Future - Gideon’s Ambivalent Leadership (Judges 6:12 – 8:35)
Bible CommentaryGideon is a prime example of the paradoxical character of Israel’s judges and the ambivalent lessons they offer...
The Economic Effects of War (Judges 6:1-11)
Bible CommentaryAfter Deborah, the quality of the judges begins to decline. Judges 6:1-11 illustrates what was likely a common feature...
Deborah (Judges 4-5)
Bible CommentaryThe best of the judges is Deborah. The people recognize her wisdom and come to her for counsel and conflict resolution...
Failing the Driving (Out) Test: Israel’s Idolatry (Judges 1-2)
Bible CommentaryJudges 1-2 picks up where Joshua 13-22 left off, with the failure of Israel to drive out the Canaanite nations in the...
Does God Have a Blueprint For My Life?
Book“God has a wonderful plan for your life,” declares a well-known tract. The lesson is, it seems, that we need to find...
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Women, Work, and Jesus: September 14 Newsletter
NewsletterFrom Sheryl Sandberg to Simone Biles, women with strong work ethics have been in the news lately....
Less Is More
Daily ReflectionSometimes it takes a reduction in our own abilities for us to begin to really trust God.