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FEBRUARY 21 Reading 52 DEBORAH Judges 4–5 “So may all your enemies perish, O Lord! But may they who love You be like the sun when it rises in its strength” (Jdg. 5:31).Women were not generally leaders in patriarchal Israel. But her sex did not disqualify Deborah, whose spiritual gifts were acknowledged by God’s people.Continue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Judges FEBRUARY 20 Reading 51 SPIRITUAL DECLINE Judges 1–3 “Another generation grew up, who knew neither the Lord nor what He had done for Israel” (Jdg. 2:10).There is cause and effect in the spiritual as well as physical universe. The cause of the failure of the next generation to know God was rooted in theContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Judges INTRODUCTION The Book of Judges spans the period between the death of Joshua, about 1375 B.C., to the crowning of Israel’s first king, Saul, around 1040 B.C. The book traces the deterioration of Israel’s faith and fortunes. It explains why the people of God failed to experience His blessing. Judges takes its name fromContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Question: “What is the cause of all the anti-Semitism in the world?” Answer: Why does the world hate the Jews? Why is anti-Semitism so rampant in so many different nations? What is so bad about the Jews? History has shown that at various times over the last 1,700 years the Jews have been expelled from overContinue reading “What is the cause of all the anti-Semitism in the world?”

Answer: Martin Luther was a 16th-century German monk and professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg. He is credited with being the catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. Luther rightly understood and taught that salvation is not earned by works but is received only as a free gift of God’s grace through faith in Jesus as redeemerContinue reading “Question: “Was Martin Luther anti-Semitic? Did Martin Luther hate Jews?””