Sermons from May 2023

Amen. Our scripture reading comes from the Book of Judges, beginning at chapter 11. And the leaders of Gilead said to one another, ‘Who is the man who will begin to fight against the ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.’ Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah, and Gilead’s wife also bore him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up,…

Our scripture reading today comes from the Book of Judges, chapter 10, beginning at verse 6. The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. They forsook the Lord and did not serve him. So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel,…