This might be the easiest word of all to translate this fall.  It means “child”.  But what “child” meant than and...

For fall 2024, we will do a shorter podcast, focusing on one Greek word per week.  This word will come from the week’s Gospel...

Is freedom a good thing? We wrap up the book of Judges with a story that seems a punishing indictment of freedom, especially freedom that...

One of my childhood heroes — Samson!  (middle chapters of Judges) Alas, the story doesn’t read well for me as an adult.  A...

How do you measure the spiritual health of a nation?  Of a person?  As we look at Judges 6, we see how the book’s writers subtly...

Deborah (Judges 4-5) was just too cool for one episode; there is more in her leadership to explore and learn from.  But this isn’t...

Finally we get a break from the tough stories of the book of Judges.  We get Deborah!  What an amazing woman.  She is bold and wise. ...

The story for this week’s podcast is not exactly Sunday School material:  deceit, murder and poop!  (Judges 3, Ehud’s story)...

We continue with episode 2 of looking at the book of Judges, this week moving ahead to chapter 2.  The core issue in chapter 2 is the...