Gideon

Saul's sins involved a premature sacrifice (1 Sam. 13) and an incomplete slaughter (1 Sam. 15).  That doesn't sound too bad, particularly in comparison to David's murder and… — April 30, 2012

YHWH decided it was time to smash the Baal and slaughter the Bull.  He picked Gideon for the task (Judg. 6:25). Gideon's father, Joash had a Baal altar and before… — September 10, 2011

To impress his guest, Gideon makes the angel cakes (presumably not angel food cake?) and goat stew(next time you have an important visitor, I dare you to prepare them a… — August 27, 2011

Last time we talked about how Gideon thought he was the least and the weakest (Judg. 6:15) so he was convinced that there was no way he could… — August 22, 2011

Gideon has been given the call to "Go, deliver Israel from Midian" but he's not too keen on the idea.  He responds with another question: "How can I… — August 20, 2011

In the last post in this series, Gideon asked the divine messenger why are the Midianites oppressing them and where are YHWH's wonderful acts of deliverance (Judg. 6:13).  (Gideon apparently… — August 14, 2011

In the last Gideon blog, I asked was the angel of YHWH ironic, descriptive or prophetic in calling Gideon "mighty".  Here we'll look at how Gideon responds with… — August 10, 2011

In the last Gideon post YHWH responded to Israel's cries for help from their Midianite oppressors not particularly compassionately, but by reviewing and rebuking (Judg. 6:7-10). Although, God's… — August 7, 2011

During the time of Gideon, YHWH gave the Israelites into the hands of the Midianites who brutally oppressed them.  As we can see from this life-like portrayal on… — August 5, 2011

While I was a student in Oxford, I wrote my masters thesis on Gideon ("'YHWH Will Rule over You' (Judges 8:23): The Theocratic Ideal as a Theme Unifying… — August 3, 2011