God Acts Even When We Do Not AskReading: Romans 5:6-8One of the most striking details in Samson's story is that the Israelites never cried out to God for deliverance. They did not ask. They did not pr...  Read More

When You Do Not Know You Are in the PotReading: Revelation 3:14-17Three thousand men from Judah confronted Samson not to celebrate his victory over the Philistines, but to defend the very people who w...  Read More

The Faithfulness Behind the FailureReading: Hebrews 11:32-34Samson appears in what many call the Faith Chapter (Hebrews 11), and that can feel deeply confusing. His life was marked by selfishness, bro...  Read More

The Slow DriftReading: Judges 13:1-5The opening of Samson's story does not begin with a dramatic fall. It begins with a quiet sentence: the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord. No single momen...  Read More

The Table of MercyReading: Psalm 23The sermon closed with a prayer drawn from the imagery of Psalm 23, and it is a fitting place to end this week. We walk through valleys. We do not camp in them. God ...  Read More

When Victory Belongs to GodReading: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10God reduced Gideon's army to 300 men so that no one could claim the victory as their own. The principle at work is the same one Paul describes ...  Read More

Grace That Delivers AnywayReading: Lamentations 3:19-33Even knowing the Israelites would turn back to idolatry, God delivered them from Midian anyway. That is the scandalous nature of grace. He gave t...  Read More

Caught in a Bigger StoryReading: Romans 8:18-28Gideon could not see beyond his own suffering to understand that he was living inside a much larger story. The passage in Romans reminds us that all of c...  Read More

Honest Before GodReading: Psalm 22:1-11Gideon stood before the angel of the Lord and voiced what many of us only dare to think: where is God in all of this? The psalm for today's reading captures that...  Read More

Strength Made Perfect in WeaknessReading: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Joshua 1:9Joshua 1:9 reminds us that God commands courage not because the task is easy, but because He is present with us in it.Paul pl...  Read More

God's Plan Will Not FailReading: Isaiah 46:9-11; Judges 4:17-22Isaiah 46:9-11 declares that God's purpose stands firm and that He will accomplish everything He intends.Sisera was defeated. Israel was ...  Read More

God Does Not Write Us OffReading: Judges 4:10-16; Lamentations 3:22-23Lamentations 3:22-23 reminds us that God's mercies are new every morning and that His faithfulness never fails.Barak refused the f...  Read More