* * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * *** The book of Judges is about a vicious circle; it's about people forgetting God, getting in trouble, God having compassion and sending a judge to save, and then, after the judge dies, it starts all over again. This Sunday we begin a mini-series on this troubling book of the bible. Left on our own, our compromises draw us away from God. But thanks be to God, the final judge, Jesus Christ, also came to save. His saving work broke the cycle - Jesus broke the power that sin and death held over us.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
A vicious circle
* * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * *** The book of Judges is about a vicious circle; it's about people forgetting God, getting in trouble, God having compassion and sending a judge to save, and then, after the judge dies, it starts all over again. This Sunday we begin a mini-series on this troubling book of the bible. Left on our own, our compromises draw us away from God. But thanks be to God, the final judge, Jesus Christ, also came to save. His saving work broke the cycle - Jesus broke the power that sin and death held over us.
