Samson, Man of Weakness
Samson, Man of Weakness Judges 16: 4-31. 25/8/19 Last week we started to look at Samson. What is more, we started to look at this person not with romantic eyes, but realistically. If you get a children's book on Samson you get a children's view of Samson. He is strong and mighty and chosen by God to do great things. But we are not children. And if you realistically read the Bible you see that Samson seems to think that he can do anything he wants. He can be violent, he can be
Samson, Man of Strength?
Judges 14:5-15:8 18/8/19 Over the next couple of weeks we are going to look at Samson, a man of great strength chosen before his birth to be a judge over Israel. Just as a bit of background, the judges were people who guided Israel at a time before they had kings. Samson was one of those judges that came to the fore at times when Israel was in crisis and needed a strong leader. However before we start the sermon I want to play a game with you. I will call out some names and I
Apocrypha - Tobit
We continue our journey through the Apocrypha, these writings which fall somewhere between the Old Testament and the New, stories that may not have made into authorised, Protestant versions of scripture but which, well, I reckon still contain some valuable lessons and insights for us, lessons about faith and about truth. We heard last week about Tobit and a little bit about his future daughter-in-law Sarah, but this week the emphasis shifts from Tobit to his son, Tobias and
