You know what I find amazing? The fact that the biggest source of Gideon’s discouragement and disappointment did NOT come from the enemy. Instead it came from his own Hebrew brothers and allies. His own fellow Israelites were more concerned with maintaining the status quo and not having anything interrupt their comfortable lifestyles than helping […]

Today I wanna talk about Gideon and the value of NEVER giving up no matter what. That’s right folks. I’m talking about good ‘ole teeth-gritting persistence here. Which seems to be a quality sorely lacking in this fast-food, microwave and video game world we live in today. So here’s the unvarnished truth on the matter. […]

“When Gid‘on the son of Yo’ash returned from the battle by way of the Heres Pass, he captured a young man from Sukkot and asked him about the chiefs and leaders of Sukkot; he wrote down for him the names of seventy-seven of them.  Then he came to the people of Sukkot and said: ‘You […]

At this point in the Scriptures, there’s a new geopolitical reality forming you all need to be aware of. Israel has now divided itself into a number of loyalties and the foundation for what will become the great southern and northern divide is now forming right before our eyes. The tribe of Judah has become […]

So Chapter 8 opened with the tribal leaders of Ephraim feeling all huffy and puffy because Gideon didn’t bow down to them in his plans and actions. Plans he had received directly from the Lord by the way. The Ephraimites pretended they had no idea what was going (which was total BS) and were insulted […]