by PastorTravisDSmith | Jun 22, 2023 | America, Anger, Church, Daily Devotionals, Death, Devotional, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Homosexuality, Israel, Judges, Law, Leadership, Morality, Old Testament, Politics, Pride, Rebellion, Sin, Sodomy, Transsexual
Scripture reading – Judges 21 Today’s Scripture concludes our study in the Book of Judges. The era known as the “Judges” began with the death of Joshua (Judges 1) and finished with the death of Samson (Judges 16). Judges 21 concluded the time when judges ruled in...
by PastorTravisDSmith | Jun 22, 2023 | America, Anger, Attitude, Children, Church, Daily Devotionals, Death, Devotional, Family, Fundamentalism, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Israel, Judges, Law, Leadership, Love, Marriage, Morality, Old Testament, Politics, Pride, Rebellion, Sin, Sodomy, Transsexual
Scripture reading – Judges 20 This devotion comprises the second part of today’s Scripture reading (Judges 19-20). We find that Levite’s brutal actions (cutting his concubine’s battered, lifeless body into twelve pieces and sending them to the tribes) had...
by PastorTravisDSmith | Jun 22, 2023 | America, Anger, Attitude, Daily Devotionals, Death, Devotional, Faith, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Homosexuality, Israel, Judges, Law, Morality, Old Testament, Rebellion, Sin, Sodomy, Transsexual
Scripture reading – Judges 19-20 * The following is the first of two daily devotions for today. “It came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel” (Judges 19:1). Consider the question, “When was there no king [literally, no ruler or judge] in...
by PastorTravisDSmith | Jun 22, 2023 | America, Daily Devotionals, Devotional, Faith, Fundamentalism, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Israel, Judges, Old Testament, Sin
Scripture reading – Judges 18 Judges 18 opened with an observation that will be repeated in the book’s last chapters. We read, “In those days there was no king in Israel” (Judges 18:1; note also Judges 17:6, Judges 19:1, and Judges 21:25). In a very...
by PastorTravisDSmith | Jun 22, 2023 | Daily Devotionals, Death, Devotional, Faith, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Israel, Judges, Leadership, Morality, Old Testament, Sin
Scripture reading – Judges 16-17 Today’s study in the Book of Judges brings us to an event in the life of Samson that is as dramatic as it is tragic. Samson’s super-strength exploits, his infatuation with Delilah, her betrayal, and the tragic finale of his life have...
by PastorTravisDSmith | Jun 14, 2023 | Attitude, Children, Daily Devotionals, Devotional, Faith, Family, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Israel, Judges, Love, Marriage, Old Testament, Prayer, Prophecy, Providence, Trust
Click on this link for translations of today’s devotion. Scripture reading – Judges 13 Today’s Scripture brings us to the cycle we have observed throughout our study in the Book of Judges: Sin leading to Servitude, resulting in Sorrow, and then to...