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If you haven’t already please find the book of Judges... It’s the seventh book in our bibles, it follows the book of Joshua and precedes the book of Ruth, which precedes 1 Samuel in the pew Bible it’s on page ( ) and if completely lost please reference the table of contents at the front of your bibles…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Why Judges? If you’ve ever read Judges, you know why I’m asking that question! There are parts of the Bible that are difficult and even offend modern sensibilities. There are verses that frequently end up on t-shirts and coffee mugs and people…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

If you haven’t already please find the book of Judges... It’s the seventh book in our bibles, it follows the book of Joshua and precedes the book of Ruth, which precedes 1 Samuel in the pew Bible it’s on page ( ) and if completely lost please reference the table of contents at the front of your bibles…

1 Kings 1:1-31 Review 1 Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. Summary of The Torah Portion: 1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. Old Well Advanced in Age This is the main center of the Halftarah.…

If you haven’t already please find the book of Judges... It’s the seventh book in our bibles, it follows the book of Joshua and precedes the book of Ruth, which precedes 1 Samuel in the pew Bible it’s on page ( ) and if completely lost please reference the table of contents at the front of your bibles…

Exegetical Point: The Success of the Joshua years quickly gave way to disobedience, then apostasy. Homiletic Point: Partial Faithfulness Leads to Partial Blessing Intro True Justice - Conquest. True faithfulness - conquest. Evil people - no innocents. God had taken away their “right” to the land. God…

Introduction Today we’re going to begin a series titled ‘Here Comes the Judge’ going through the time period in which the book of Judges covers. This is a very interesting and unique time in the history of the COI. It bridges the gap between Slavery and Monarchy. But in order to properly set this series…

Lesson 2: Introduction Part 2 Last week we mainly gave a scope of what we are going to be covering in this study – the books that are involved and explained how the make of Israel went from one kingdom to a the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel. This week we are going to look at the subject & precursors…

Major issues of life: domestic abuse, terrorism, war upon war, child abuse, moral decline, the collapse of society, how to treat those who believe differently, abuse of power, lack of leaders, a relative concept of truth, practical over principle. Oh you thought I was talking about 2021, didn’t you?…

We had a small error the begining 5 minutes did not record. You can see my notes via our website at laughlinchurch.com under past sermons. The Hazor video can be seen at https://tv.faithlife.com/860d9be0-7319-4bb0-8d94-7ff91e21ec92

Confronting the Destruction of a Nation Judges 1-2 Intro : It does not take very long to discover that the book of Judges is not a very pleasant book. In fact, it one of the darkest books in the Bible. It describes a period in Israel’s history when they were without a strong, godly leader. Perhaps the…

When Judges Rule The first recorded question that God asked was "Adam, where are you?" God was not looking for his physical location. He is God and know's all things. So why ask the question? The question drew attention to the new condition of man. The man that God had created had sinned. Just as God…

Full obedience to the Lord brings victory, but compromise leads to ruin.

Judges: A Few Good Men…And Women Introduction: What is the first word that comes to your mind when you hear the word “judge”? Turn to the person next to you and share what came into your mind first. Remember, no swearing in church. Some people think of something like this: (Flip Wilson of “Here Comes…

Intro: "I did it my way." Who knows more; you or God? Who is in the future as well as the past and present; you or God? Who do you consistently follow and trust for insight and direction; you or God? Judges 17:6 (NASB95) In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own…

“The hinge of history is on the door of a Bethlehem stable.” — Ralph W. Sockman The Bible tells one big story. It’s God’s story, and it is the central story of the universe. What does this illustration represent? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references…

A. Rapport for the time The Lord has never failed to accomplish the desired outcome that HE desired in any event in history. Think about that from a human standpoint of rarely seeing things go according to my plans or desired outcomes. B. Reading of the text Will read as you go. C. Review of the text…

Noah's Ark and the Flood Debate What I wanna do is for us to reflect on the flood story as we just experienced it, and to let that re-frame how we come to consider these questions, or at least inform how we come to these questions. If you don't have, like worked out conviction about this subject that…

Introduction Today in light of our theme ‘Be Strong and of a Good Courage’, I want to examine some of the instances from the life of Joshua where these words can be applied. I will say that it’s almost ironic that one of the strongest and courageous men of the Bible is the one who was admonished by both…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

Introduction I began to name this the ‘Bible Person Study’, but chose to go with the ‘Bible Character Study’. I hesitated to name it that, as I don’t want to diminish the fact that these are real people we’ll be examining. But the reason that it’s named the Bible Character Study is because we’ll be focusing…

Omniscience-All Knowing For as long as I can remember, I have always been one who liked to consume information. I never wanted to stay stagnant in my learning and growing. It can be about stuff that will help me in my life. Or just random information that really holds no intrinsic value. I just love…

Introduction Today - now that our vacation is over, we continue our series in the book of Judges. This is message #4, but before we do, let’s do a quick review of what preceded this passage: The first message that we preached in this series was the first 18 verses of Chapter 1 and was titled ‘Transition’.…