Shawn Stone - October 29, 2014 - Judges 14-15
Just as Israel di what was right in her own eyes, so Samson did what was right in his eyes -- and went after what he wanted. When the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, he had super human strength. But then he returned to his violent, self-glorifying self. Are we like Samson? Spiritual failure is seldom the fault of a one day explosion, but the inevitable effects of slow erosion. Samson demonstrated the daber of being impulses. Practical atheism.
Shawn Stone - November 19, 2014 - Judges 19 - 21
A dark time in Israel's history. No kings. The priests were corrupt. Sin begets sin. In the fury and rage and sin, the entire Benjamite tribe nearly gets wiped out. Everyone did what was right in their own eyes. The nation waited for their true...