by Christian Education | Jun 19, 2017 | Jephthah Answers the Call
Monday, June 19 Announcement of Samson’s Birth to Manoah Judges 13:8-18 NRSV Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, “O LORD, I pray, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and teach us what we are to do concerning the boy who will be born.” (Judges 13:8)...
by Christian Education | Jun 18, 2017 | Jephthah Answers the Call
Sunday, June 18 Jephthah Called to Lead Israel Judges 11:4-11 NRSV So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord at Mizpah. (Judges 11:11)...
by Christian Education | Jun 17, 2017 | Jephthah Answers the Call
Saturday, June 17 Leaders Discern the Way Forward Acts 15:6-21 NRSV Therefore I have reached the decision that we should not trouble those Gentiles who are turning to God. (Acts 15:19) Diversity is a representation of God’s creation....
by Christian Education | Jun 16, 2017 | Jephthah Answers the Call
Friday, June 16 Jephthah Sacrifices Daughter to Fulfill Vow Judges 11:34-40 NRSV When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low; you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to...
by Christian Education | Jun 15, 2017 | Jephthah Answers the Call
Thursday, June 15 Ammonite King Rejects Jephthah’s Claims Judges 11:23-28 NRSV But the king of the Ammonites did not heed the message that Jephthah sent him. (Judges 11:28) How do you get a message across to someone who does not want to hear you? Ask the Holy...
by Christian Education | Jun 14, 2017 | Jephthah Answers the Call
Wednesday, June 14 Jephthah Reveals God’s Aid of Israel Judges 11:19-22 NRSV Then the Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated them; so Israel occupied all the land of the Amorites, who inhabited...