An argument that many of the feminist persuasion make is that the Bible, and by association, all of ancient Israel, was paternalistic and that women were degraded – nothing but chattel – almost on the equivalent of slaves. In their thinking, the culture that Scripture portrays is rife with offensives because women were housebound and…
Posts Tagged: Judges
Judges 20:35 – Destruction of Benjamin
The final events in the book of Judges 19-21 are among the most grievous in Scripture. From a human perspective, it also seems to make little sense how God operated. If you’re like me, perhaps you come away from the narrative scratching your head and wondering what God had in mind the way everything transpired….
Judges 18:19 – “Keep Quiet”
What is it about so many of the priests and Levites we meet in the book of Judges? Each one seems to be worse than the next. Weren’t they supposed to be set apart by God for service to Him because they stood athwart the sin and evil they saw during the incident of the…
Judges 2:19 – They Turned Back
Many people consider the book of Judges the saddest in the entire Bible. It chronicles the persistent apostasy of Israel despite God’s continuing mercy upon His children. Yahweh had given the land of Canaan to the Israelites. He promised He would fight for them to drive out its wicked inhabitants. But, they had a responsibility;…
Luke 1:45 – She Who Believed
There are some number of us who lament the fact that few in the church today take an interest in Bible prophecy. We see that as a lack of teaching and preaching from the pulpit, and the subsequent disinterest in the congregation because they’re not inspired to search deeper into the Word of God in…