Judges: kids say the darndest thingā€¦

Cover to Cover Reading: Judges 9:1-11:40 Focus: Judges 11:29-40 You know how kids just say the silliest thing sometimesā€¦ 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 underdogsā€¦

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 donā€™t get itā€¦

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, ā€œI wonā€™t do it againā€¦ā€ but it is only a…

Joshua: make your choiceā€¦

Cover to Cover Reading: Joshua 22:1-24:33 Focus: Joshua 24:14-27 As part of life, there are choices which need to be made. Some of no consequence, some with short-term consequence, some with continual life-changing consequences. These life choices should never be made without serious consideration as it is…

Joshua: one who keeps his wordā€¦

Cover to Cover Reading: Joshua 18:1-21:45 Focus: Joshua 18:43-45 It is almost an unwritten expectation these days that people will not keep their promises. The value of peopleā€™s words no longer carry much weight. With the ever-growing community of the Internet, it seems that everyone has…

Joshua: seeds of ungodlinessā€¦

Cover to Cover Reading: Joshua 14:1-17:18 Focus: Joshua 15:63; 16:10; 17:12-18 In the 2009 release of Sherlock Holmes, the plot devices are used in such a way that each little detail comes to play a significant part in the greater scheme of the story. Sharp…

Joshua: God with a vengeance!

Cover to Cover Reading: Joshua 10:16-13:33 Focus: Joshua 11:20 One of the greatest difficulties that people have wrestled with in regards to the character of God is his wrath. In hope to reconcile this God of wrath and judgment, many people have attempted to reject or re-interpret…