Judges: I do what I think is best…

Cover to Cover Reading: Judges 20:1-21:25 Focus: Judges 21:25 These days, you tell people what to do and you’ll probably get the response, “Don’t tell me what to do, I’ll do whatever I like, thank you!” Nobody likes being told what to do, but…

Judges: seriously messed up…

Cover to Cover Reading: Judges 18:1-19:30 Focus: Judges 19:20-30 I’m speechless. To read about the depths humanity falls to truly renders me speechless. This past Tuesday night, a wheelchair bound man was beaten up by two teenagers at a Sydney railway station, robbed and left for…

Samson: Achilles heel

Cover to Cover Reading: Judges 15:1-17:13 Focus: Judges 16:1-20 Let’s face it, men have a common weakness…women. For all we guys may try and ignore the issue, whether it be our mothers, sisters, wives, girlfriends, or just female friends…they have a “special” part in…

Samson: parenting seminars

Cover to Cover Reading: Judges 12:1-14:20 Focus: Judges 13:8-14 We live in an age where parenting has become a business opportunity: there is a never-ending list of parenting seminars, books, how-tos, podcasts, etc. In a world where the definition of community is no longer easy to define,…

Judges: kids say the darndest thing…

Cover to Cover Reading: Judges 9:1-11:40 Focus: Judges 11:29-40 You know how kids just say the silliest thing sometimes… Bill Crosby made an entire TV series out of the things kids say. They are often come up with the most innocent of statements that are simply full…

Judges: the underdogs…

Cover to Cover Reading: Judges 6:1-8:35 Focus: Judges 7:1-8 There is something about humble circumstances and beginnings which get people passionate about things in life. Take any major league sport, there always seems to rise up a crowd behind the newest team, or the team that has…

Judges: man up, boy, man up!

Cover to Cover Reading: Judges 4:1-5:31 Focus: Judges 4:4-10, 17-24 We live in a world which is increasingly gender inclusive, on a path towards gender equality, where men and women are treated as equals, and so it should be. However, one of the dangers is that gender…

Judges: they just don’t get it…

Cover to Cover Reading: Judges 1:1-3:31 Focus: Judges 2:1-19; 3:7-8, 12-14 Have you got a friend who is constantly repeating the same mistake over and over again? Every time it happens you hear the words, “I won’t do it again…” but it is only a…