Sermon Title: Look at the BirdsScripture: Matthew 6:25-34 (NIV)But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.  Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things.  Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.   Matthew 6:33-34 Worry is the key word in this passage, occurring six times (vv. 25, 27-28, 31, 34 [2x])...  Read More

Sermon Title: Strong Faith, Weak TheologyScripture: Judges 10:6-12:7 (NIV)“We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.” Judges 10:15We begin today by encountering the Israelites during another period in which they “did evil in the eyes of the Lord” (10:6) by serving the deities of the peoples around them. For eighteen years, the text records, the Israelites were s...  Read More

Sermon Title: AbimelechScripture: Judges 8:28-9:57 (NIV)He went to his father’s home at Ophrah, and there, on one stone, they killed all seventy of his half brothers, the sons of Gideon. But the youngest brother, Jotham, escaped and hid.  Judges 9:5And a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head and crushed his skull.   Judges 9:53As we move to Judges 9, admittedly, much of the te...  Read More

Sermon Title: We LamentScripture: Judges 8 (NIV)From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household. . . And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god. Judges 8:27, 3...  Read More

Sermon Title: When Weakness Is EnoughScripture: Judges 7 (NIV) “When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, then from all around the camp blow yours and shout, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon.’” Judges 7:17-18Last week, we saw how God called Gideon son of Joash the Abiezrite to “go out in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand” (6:14). Despite his relatively low status, “the...  Read More