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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…

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…

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…

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…

Conquers the Philistines, Moabites, and Syrians ( 2 Sam. 5:17-25 , cf. 1 Chron. 14:8-17 ; 2 Sam. 8:1 , cf. 1 Chron. 18:1 ; 2 Sam. 21:15-22 , cf. 1 Chron. 20:4-8 ), the Moabites ( 2 Sam. 8:2 , cf. 1 Chron. 18:2 ), and the Syrians ( 2 Sam. 10:1-19 ; cf. 1 Chron. 19:1-19 ) Introduction In the Lord of the…

If you were to reflect over the course of your life, how many meals really stick out to you as being just especially awesome meals? We all have eaten good food, but over time we forget about them, except for the exceptional ones, right? I can recall the first time I had gourmet duck. I can recall the…

Introduction: Good morning once again and welcome to Hope. At this time our children can be dismissed to children’s worship. I invite the rest of you to open your bibles or devices to Matthew 1 with one finger and Ruth 1 with the other. Leading up to Christmas Sunday we are spending the sermons walking…

Let’s walk though the overarching storyline of the book once again and remind ourselves where we’ve been. We noted at the beginning of our study that this is theologized history. The original human author had a point and purpose in mind as he wrote. It was written for a specific prophetic purpose. As…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…