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Sticks, Stones and Jawbones

The time when the Book of Judges was written was a dark time in the history of God's people, where they waffled and struggled. But this time was highlighted by brilliant moments of faith from individuals God raised up to rally his people back to Himself. God still used imperfect heroes to lead and to remind them that He cared, He noticed and He didn't give up on us. It's a call for us to be people of faith, shining forth. These Bible characters still stir our faith today.

 

Worst Case Scenarios: Facing the Fiery Furnace

Pastor Glenn Barteau
PITI Teacher

 

Passages: Daniel 3:1-25

How do we survive worst case scenarios? Be prepared. Learn that God is able. Hold your outcomes loosely. Sometime god doesn't deliver us from the ...

 

Samson: Enslaved by Lust

Pastor Glenn Barteau
PITI Teacher

 

Passages: Judges 13-14

Samson was one of the most gifted heroes in the Book of Judges.  Samson had a code that he lived by, but his story shows us a life that cracks ...

 

Deborah the Judge: God's Unlikely Super-Hero

Pastor Jack Schull
PITI Teacher

 

Passages: Judges 4-5

God has a habit of picking differently than we do. The narrative of Deborah in Judges 4 & 5 seems an unlikely story, given the scenario of the ...

 

Jephthah, the Bible Judge: When Faith Becomes Toxic

Pastor Glenn Barteau
PITI Teacher

 

Passages: Judges 11:3-30

We learn much about misguided faith and a skewed view of God from reading the story of Jephthah, who made a foolish vow to God and murdered his only ...

 

Life: Jesus' Vision for Us

Pastor Glenn Barteau
PITI Teacher

 

Passages: John 10: 3-13; Ecclesiastes 3:11

God has a great love for His creatures. He knows His sheep-He knows you well. He wants you to experience abundant life, hope and meaning. This is the ...

 

Gideon: God's Waffling Warrior

Pastor Jack Schull
PITI Teacher

 

Passages: Judges 6:1-8:33; 3:31; Philippians 4:13; Psalm 139:23-24; Hebrews 1:1-2

As we dive into the story of Gideon, we see in Gideon this cycle from a fragile faith, to a forged and strong faith and then one that fractures a ...

 

Ruth: God is Secretly at Work!

Pastor Glenn Barteau
PITI Teacher

 

Passages: Judges 17:6; Ruth 1: 8-22; 4:14-15

Ruth’s story in the time of the Judges was a miraculous one. From a human perspective all was lost. But even when all seems lost we don’t ...

 

Ehud: A Left Stab for a Fat King

Pastor Glenn Barteau
PITI Teacher

 

Passages: Judges 2:8-3:30

The Book of Judges in the Old Testament – contains cycles of crisis management among God's people. Their pattern is to follow God closely after ...