A Stitch of Literature

Ever read through a story in Scripture and go, “Wait, what? That doesn’t sound right.” Well, you may often do that in Judges. If you consider what it took to write this book, the task would seem impossible.

Behavioral Approach to Spiritual Mental Health

There is a behavioral pattern among people that we continually return to our fractured busted dangerous habits. Addicts of any type continue destructive behavior even though they hate it, and themselves because of it. The result of shame from the activity, feeds the need for the activity, and the cycle continues. Eventually, they loose everything to this […]

The Fabled Curse of Jotham

There are a lot of things in the Bible that confuse people, and I don’t want to add to the list. Yet, we have here one of the oddest accounts, but which clearly illustrates God’s hand at work through seemingly unrelated circumstances.

Good Roots Gone Very Bad

The sad story of Judges continues after Gideon dies, with the sad story of his children. Gideon’s faithfulness and courage seems to have imprinted only a few, for some reason. I would hope to have more of a lasting impact after having done so much for a people. He sank good roots into his people, […]

Choose Your Trap

Wouldn’t it be great if one good choice ensured the rest of your choices would be just as good? Maybe if the reason we chose correctly was right, the rest of our choices would just as right? Then again, maybe not. Here, again, we find choices leading to a sad ending.

Relational Religion

You’ve all heard it, “It’s not about a religion, it’s about a relationship.” You’ve probably even said it. The problem is that it’s isn’t exactly true.

Better to Feed

Then Gideon and the 300 men who were with him came to the Jordan and crossed over, weary yet pursuing. He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are weary, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” The […]