Category: Judges

Bible Study Lesson — Judges 1:1-36 So Begins the New Nation of Israel. Let’s follow the Book of Judges through turmoil and triumph as the people continuously fall away from God and then come back. Reading these verses in Judges is like reading a military history lesson with each tribe of Israel conquering (or not) […]

Bible Study Lesson from Judges 20:1-48 Today, we’ll continue the story of the Levite’s concubine we covered in Judges 19. After the death of his concubine, the Levite cut the woman into small pieces and sent body parts all over Israel to stir up the nation. It worked, because now we see in chapter 20 […]

Bible Study Lesson from Judges 19:1-30 This is yet another story from the Book of Judges showing just how far a society can go. In these verses about the Levite’s concubine Israel has fallen away from God and everyone is left to his or her own morals. Let’s see what happens when God is no […]

Bible Study Lesson from Judges 17:1-13 Independence is relevant. What if all rules and regulations were taken away and we were left to act in our own best interest? This is just one reason the story of Micah and his idols so important. This is happening in society today as more and more people are […]

Bible Study Lesson; Judges 16:1-31 As one of the most well-known stories in the Bible, the verses from Judges telling of Samson and Delilah did not sound so horrendous when I was a kid. Deceit, gouging out of eyes? Death? This is what happens when Samson disregards God’s plan for him. This Scripture lesson is […]

Bible Study Lesson — Judges 15:1-20 It seems that Samson continues to work and live in self-centered behavior. This lesson from Judges shows how Samson gets revenge on the Philistines and how the Golden Rule can be twisted for personal vengeance. He conveniently leaves God out of the picture and, in his dealings with the […]

Bible Study Lesson — Judges 14:12-20 Greed and selfishness can make people do things they normally wouldn’t. We find this in the riddle of Samson — and we discover that Samson is not a very nice person. Samson seems to be caught up in a destructive web as he uses his great power to manipulate […]

Bible Study Lesson — Judges 14:1-11 Growing up, I always assumed (as many still do) that the wife of Samson was Delilah. But that’s not true. Who was Samson’s wife? In Scripture from the Book of Judges, it only states that Samson’s wife was “a Philistine woman” so I stand corrected. Let’s walk through the […]

Bible Study Lesson — Judges 13:1-25 I’m sure you know most of the story of Samson, the strongest man in the world. He lived, fought the Philistines, and of course lost his strength when Delilah cut his hair. Today in the Book of Judges, we’ll take a look at the voice of the angel and […]

Bible Study Lesson — Judges 11:1-11 Have you ever been to a church or even an event where you did not feel welcome? This probably has happened to all of us at one time or another. Was it our fault? Maybe, but as Henry Ford said to Lee Iacoca when he fired him – “There […]

Bible Study Lesson — Judges 10:1-18 Many people are like children. But will these children ever learn a lesson? I’m speaking of the Israelites in the Book of Judges. These verses are about Jephthah and the Philistines’ oppression. Each chapter in Judges usually begins with either; Israel found favor with the Lord or they did […]