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    Priest For Hire (Judges 17)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 18, 2025
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    Are pastors for hire for money or obedient to God first? Let's begin in Judges 17.

    Do we get our standards of right and wrong from God or the world? Do we ignore the strong correction Jesus gave religious leaders? In whose name only can we be saved? Let’s begin in Judges 17. Did a man named Micah (not the prophet) steal silver from his mother, return it, and did she use it to ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dan's Apostasy (Judges 18)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 19, 2025
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    How does Dan's apostasy warn us today? Let's look at Judges 18.

    Did Micah’s hired priest lead the tribe of Dan into apostasy? Have we wandered from the faith taught by Jesus and the apostles, making idols of man-made doctrines? Let’s look at Judges 18. Did the tribe of Dan fail to take their allotted inheritance in the land? Did they send out scouts to find ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    An Atrocity (Judges 19)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 20, 2025
     | 233 views

    How could such an atrocity occur in Israel? Could Christians commit atrocity? Let's look at Judges 19.

    Should we make excuses or mourn the atrocities committed by humanity? Can any barbarity be more gruesome than that recorded in Judges 19? Did these events begin with a man's attempt to reconcile with his lover? In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Gibeah Punished (Judges 20)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 21, 2025
     | 224 views

    What can we learn from the punishment of Gibeah? Let's look at Judges 20.

    Did all of Israel punish the people of Gibeah because of their atrocity? Will that kind of activity be tolerated in the kingdom of God? Let’s look at Judges 20. What was Israel’s reaction to the news of the atrocity in Gibeah? Then all the Israelites were united as one man, from Dan in the north ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Wild Land (Judges 21)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 21, 2025
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    What happens in a land where everyone just does whatever he thinks is right? Let's look at Judges 21.

    Was Israel at this time a wild society without a central government? What happens without law? What is the best basis of law? Let’s look at Judges 21. In their anger at the atrocity in Gibeah, had Israel made a hasty oath? The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: “Not one of us will give ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ruth Chooses God (Ruth 1)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 23, 2025
     | 395 views

    Whose God did Ruth choose? Let's begin in Ruth 1.

    What does the story of Ruth tell us about God providing for a faithful widow? How does it relate to Christ redeeming all nations? Let’s begin in Ruth 1. Did an Israelite family move temporarily to Moab due to a drought? Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Blesses Ruth (Ruth 2)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 23, 2025
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    Does God bless the faithful? Let's look at Ruth 2.

    Does the Lord let the righteous go hungry or does He provide? Let’s look at Ruth 2. Did Ruth go to gather food for herself and her mother-in-law? Now Naomi had a respected relative, a man of worth, through her husband from the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz. Ruth the Moabite said to ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ruth Proposes Marriage (Ruth 3)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 24, 2025
     | 190 views

    Are we redeemed? Let's look at Ruth 3.

    Can an arranged marriage also be for love? Can a woman propose marriage to a man? Are we redeemed? Let’s look at Ruth 3. Because Boaz was much older, could it be that he didn’t think about Ruth as a potential wife? Was she proposing marriage to Boaz in this unusual manner? Naomi her mother-in-law ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ruth's Redemption (Ruth 4)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 25, 2025
     | 227 views

    How does Ruth's redemption relate to ours? Let's look in Ruth 4.

    Did redemption for Ruth and Naomi come in the form of salvation from poverty, a marriage and an inheritance? Does redemption for us come in the form of eternal salvation, the marriage of the Lamb, and an eternal inheritance? Let’s look at Ruth 4. Did a primary family redeemer want to redeem family ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hannah's Promise (1 Samuel 1)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 27, 2025
     | 293 views

    What promise did Hannah make? Are we dedicated to God? Let's look in 1 Samuel 1.

    How was Samuel dedicated to God? Are we dedicated to God or to self? Let’s begin in 1 Samuel 1. How many wives did Elkanah have and what were their names? Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the highlands of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah. He was from the tribe of Ephraim, ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Where Succession Fails (1 Samuel 2)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 28, 2025
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    Can someone outside the line of succession be more faithful to God? Let's look at 1 Samuel 2.

    Does a list of succession automatically mean faithfulness to God? Do faithful people often come from outside artificial lines of succession? Let’s look at 1 Samuel 2. Who weighs the actions of people and judges accordingly? And Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the Lord; My horn is ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Calls Samuel (1 Samuel 3)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 29, 2025
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    How does God calling Samuel relate to our calling? Let's look in 1 Samuel 3.

    Did God literally call Samuel? Is there more to our lives than just being called? Let’s look at 1 Samuel 3. What happened the first time that God called Samuel? The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions. One night ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Ark Stolen (1 Samuel 4)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 30, 2025
     | 341 views

    Why was the ark stolen? Where is it now? Let's begin in 1 Samuel 4.

    What happened to Israel due to their disobedience again? How important was the ark, chest or box of the covenant? Is the ark of the covenant now in heaven? Let’s begin 1 Samuel 4. Did the Philistines defeat Israel in battle? Did people think that the ark rather than obedience would save them? And ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    Philistines Punished (1 Samuel 5)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 31, 2025
     | 169 views

    Do people have an excuse for ignoring God? Let's look at 1 Samuel 5.

    Does God provide evidence of His existence? Do idols actually do anything for people? Let’s look at 1 Samuel 5. Where was the stolen ark of the covenant placed by the Philistines? Dagon was a half man half fish idol. After the Philistines took God’s chest, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Ark Returned (1 Samuel 6)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 1, 2025
     | 373 views

    How reverently do we handle holy things? Let's look at 1 Samuel 6.

    Do we treat the things of God with proper reverence as holy or are we sloppy? Do we quickly turn from the error of our ways or stubbornly persist? Let’s look at 1 Samuel 6. How long did it take the Philistines to admit they made a mistake? Why are we so stubborn to repent of a bad decision? The ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist