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‘Jesus Loves You’ (but I think you suck)
There is a bar in my town that in pre-COVID days was a celebrated biker hangout every Sunday afternoon. There was always a live band playing and rows of gleaming Harleys on either side of the street, with people inspecting … Continue reading
Jesus is just alright
I often like to write at my friendly local coffee bistro. It’s a cozy place and creates its own steady buzz which helps me concentrate. For some reason writing has always worked better for me in a public place like … Continue reading
New York, New York
While on an errand in town today I noticed a number of American flags up and immediately wondered what the deal was. It took me about half minute until I finally realized it was September 11. Twenty-two years ago, and … Continue reading
The need to finish well
Unfortunately, Gideon did not finish well. It happens often after a great victory of faith. You forget that all your success was God’s doing, and assume some of it, if not all of it, as yours, and start to behave … Continue reading
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Into battle
The Lord told Gideon, “With these 300 men I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Send all the others home.” So Gideon collected the provisions and rams’ horns of the other warriors and sent them home. … Continue reading
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Alert to the world
But the Lord told Gideon, “There are still too many!” (Judges 7:4) Still too many? This is after God had already reduced the number of Gideon’s fighting men from 32,000 – a number that favored the enemy 4 to 1 … Continue reading
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‘Make the fleece wet (I mean dry)’
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 from … Continue reading
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Gideon faces the enemy at home
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
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Baal buster
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
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Burnt offering
“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 one … Continue reading
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John Fischer The Catch 