As we continue our march through the Bible looking at some of the Most Misused Stories of the Bible, we come this week to the infamous story of Samson and Delilah in Judges 16:4-31. Samson and Delilah. Those names conjure up a lot of thoughts, most of which revolve around temptation and squandered strength. We tend to look at Samson as the quintessential anti-hero. He's re...
Keep ReadingPastoralLetterfor a Distributed Church September 19, 2020 Dear friends, It's been a month since my last letter and we're a few weeks into our new sermon series on "Misused Stories of the Bible."We've looked at Cain, Rahab, and Gideon (tomorrow) with Samson, David, Naaman, and Daniel still to come. I hope it's helped you to see what the real main point of these storie...
Keep ReadingThis week we're moving on from Rahab to Gideon in our sermon series on "Misused Stories of the Bible." We'll be in Judges 6:36-40 and the famous story of Gideon "putting out a fleece" in order to have God confirm the instructions that He's already given to Gideon. It's not just that Gideon doesn't like the instructions God's given him, but rather he's terrified of the inst...
Keep ReadingThis week we continue our new sermon series on "Misused Stories of the Bible." We'll be looking at a number of famous Bible stories that are often misinterpreted and misinterpreted to such an extent that we miss the real meaning of the story. It's interesting because one of the stories I use in my preaching class at Reformed Theological Seminary, as an example of HOW NOT ...
Keep ReadingThis week we start a new sermon series on "Misused Stories of the Bible." You may remember a few years ago when we did a series on the "Misunderstood Verses of the Bible" and this will be similar to that. We'll be looking at a number of famous Bible stories that are often misinterpreted to such an extent that we miss the real meaning of the story. We're going to kick off t...
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