Sometime around 1100 BC, a woman was told by an angel that she would bear a son. We don’t know her name, but we do know the name of her husband, Manoah from the tribe of Dan. The child they would have would be raised as a Nazirite, specially dedicated to God, and he would grow to become a troubled judge of Israel. Israel had been oppressed by the Philistines for forty years, and Samson was to be the Israelite answer to this oppression. Samson seems to have had as many problems as victories, though. He was a rescuer of Israel, but didn’t seem to try or care. His life is covered with glorious exploits and deafening failures. Even still, Samson was an instrument of God; through him God delivered Israel from their enemies. In our reading today, we will learn about the interesting details of his birth and growth as a child.
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Nazirite;Judges 14-17
Samson was born already living as a Nazirite, and he was called before his birth to become a leader in Israel. This commitment to be separated to God for a special task was meant to keep him close God, to always have on his mind who God was and what he was called to. But often, Samson forgot his ...
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A Moabite Gains Protection; Ruth 1-4
A truly amazing story surfaces in the time of the Judges. It is the story of Ruth, the Moabitess. Ruth was not from Israel so she would not have fully known or understood the way Israelite culture operated, but she learned. Through her story, we will see how Ruth learned and chose the Israelite w...
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Coming Judgment;1 Samuel 1-4
Eli the priest was a sincere and devout man who had been blessed by God with sons.
Unfortunately, Eli's sons were wicked men who, as priests, would steal and take advantage of the people bringing their offerings to God. God had spoken to Eli about his sons, but it seems that Eli did not act nor c...
