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It’s show time!
Soon afterward the armies of Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east formed an alliance against Israel and crossed the Jordan, camping in the valley of Jezreel. (Judges 6:33) It’s show time in the valley of Jezreel. Canaanite armies … Continue reading
Got idols? Take ’em down.
“Bring out your son,” the men of the town demanded of Joash [Gideon’s father]. “He must die for destroying the altar of Baal and for cutting down the Asherah pole.” But Joash shouted to the mob that confronted him, “Why … Continue reading
Idols of our own making
Early the next morning, as the people of the town began to stir, someone discovered that the altar of Baal had been broken down and that the Asherah pole beside it had been cut down. In their place a new … Continue reading
Tearing down idols
That night the Lord said to Gideon, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one that is seven years old. Pull down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole standing beside it. Then build … Continue reading
Entertaining angels
“I will be with you. And you will destroy the Midianites as if you were fighting against one man.” – Judges 6:16 I like those odds. God has reduced the 120,000 Midianites, who are holding the Israelites hostage, to just … Continue reading
“Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!”
Then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the … Continue reading
Gaining spiritual victory
Do you have anything in your life that you want victory over? Be it sin, temptation, bitterness, anger, selfishness, addiction, inability to forgive? Well then, this story is for you.
A Mother’s Day memory
On a park bench she sat looking At the trees that lined the hill Trying hard to find the words When she knows she never will So she watched the sad leaves shimmer All innocent and shy As she caught … Continue reading
Just a job?
One of our newest subscribers to the Catch, Bettina Rogers (mother of the other Chandler — the philosopher), wrote in her comment yesterday: Right now we’re on our way to LAX, flying out to Japan for my husband’s very last … Continue reading
The world in a plastic bag
I am a man of a few pleasures. I once wrote a song “Simple Pleasures” that outlined some of the simple things I enjoyed in life. One of them I hadn’t realized until lately when it occurred to me how … Continue reading
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