The First Judges
Israel will continue to spiral downward away from their God but He will continue to hear their pleas for help and send them deliverers.
Blessing of Unanswered Prayers
James Fraser (1886-1938), missionary to the Lisu people in China, gave this testimony about prayer: “I read a testimony of Dr. Stuart Holden’s, not long ago, in which he said that one of the greatest blessings of his life had been his unanswered prayers...
Titles to be Ridiculed
Today, the English Baptist pastor Robert Robinson (1735-1790) is best known as the author of the hymn, Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing...
Judges: A Cycle of Disobedience
This lesson deals with the cycle of disobedience, destruction and deliverance that characterizes the book of Judges.
God Governs in the Affairs of Men
In 1787 at the Federal Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at a critical juncture in the writing of the U.S. Constitution, Benjamin Franklin addressed the President of the Convention...
Like a Bottle in the Smoke
Psalm 119:83 states, “For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.” “What an affecting picture of misery...
Secret of the Lord
The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him” [Psalm 25:14]. He deals familiarly with them. He calls them not servants only, but friends; and he treats them as friends [John 15:15]...
Be Still in the Midst of Noise
It is significant that the psalm in which the words ‘Be still’ occur [Psalm 46] is filled with noise and commotion. The earth shakes, the waters roar and are troubled...
Tricked by the Inhabitants of Gibeon
Those who desire to serve the Lord often fail by presuming upon Him. We get a plan and expect God to back us up. But should we not get the plan from God in the first place?
The Fall of Jericho
Jesus appears as the captain of the host of the Lord and gives the plan for taking Jericho. The walls fall flat and Israel wins.
