Tag: Gideon’s call
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Trinity Sunday
[A sermon on the Uniform Series text for June 11, which is also Trinity Sunday in the liturgical year.] The text for the morning is Judges 6:11-18, the beginning of the story of Gideon’s call. Gideon lives in the time of the “judges,” and is one of the heroes who step in and restore some…
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Exegetical Exercise (Judges 6:11-18)
The Uniform Series text for Sunday, June 11, is Judges 6:11-18, in which Gideon receives his call or commission from God. Here are my notes on this text: First impressions: This narrative in particular seems very incomplete without its background (Judges 6:1-10) and the subsequent stories, which continue through the end of chapter 8, with…