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Judges 2:12 – NASB vs. HCSB vs. ESV

| June 28, 2011

Judges 2:12 NASB  and they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; thus they provoked the LORD to anger. Judges 2:12 HCSB  and […]

Judges 1:3 – NASB vs. HCSB vs. ESV

| June 28, 2011

Judges 1:3 NASB  Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into the territory allotted me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I in turn will go with you into the territory allotted you.” So Simeon went with him. Judges 1:3 HCSB  Judah said to his brother Simeon, “Come with […]

Judges – The Seduction of Idolatry – Safety

| March 8, 2010

When reading the period of the Judges and Kings, one sad fact overwhelmingly – and even numbingly – is present: the draw of idolatry. How could God’s people, a nation dedicated to monotheism, not only falter and fall into idolatry, but repeatedly falter and fall?

Judges 5:2 – Leadership and Volunteers

| October 12, 2009

“That the leaders led in Israel, That the people volunteered, Bless the Lord! (Judges 5:2).  Spiritual-life is that simple, and yet that complicated.  And in reality, all of life is that simple, and yet that complicated.  I would like to say that generally, we are the only ones who make our lives simple or complicated.  […]