THE LIFE OF SAMSON Sermon Series “The Delilah dilemma” – Judges 16:4-22 INTRODUCTION: The greatest accomplishment we can experience in life may be in helping somebody else achieve greatness. But, likewise, the greatest failure we can experience in life may be in hindering someone from achieving the greatness…

The word “test” doesn’t have the most positive associations in the English language, even though it is technically neutral. It can refer to a formal exam given by an instructor or a task from someone genuinely seeking to discover some truth—a test of strength or testing a hypothesis. It can also refer…

Genesis 37:31-34 "So they took Joseph's tunic, and slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood; [32] and they sent the varicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, 'We found this; please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not.' [33] Then he examined it and…

Deceit is totally contrary to the nature and purposes of God. The gospel is grounded in the complete truthfulness and trustworthiness of God, whereas sin is based upon self-deception.

Introduction But Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food. But if you will not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see…

Introduction So far we have been studying Joseph as a type of Jesus His new name in Egyptian: Zaphnath-Paaneah, which means “God speaks and he lives.” Genesis 41:45 Joseph has then two children: Manasseh: “The Lord will make me forget” Genesis 41:51 Ephraim: “The Lord caused me to be fruitfull in the…

OT / NT Overview Types of Biblical Genres Intro Biblical Narrative Elements of Biblical narratives Types of Biblical narratives

Governing Providence - God guides and governs all events, including the free acts of men and their external circumstances, and directs all things to their appointed ends for His glory. What Does the Bible Say? If you had to break up the Bible into percentages, how much of the Bible is straightforward…

Chase Riebel - March 13, 2022