MERCYhouse Sermons

Judges 16: 1-20 Samson is to be the deliverer of God and Israel won't have it. They reject Samson to the point of binding his hands and handing him over to the Philistines to be killed. All this just to keep a mediocre peace. The result of delivering Samson up to death is that Samson single handedly takes on the entire Philistine army with the jawbone of a donkey and wins. It is a deliverance for...

Samson is the poster boy for what life looks like when lived according to what is right in one's own eyes. His life is one of lust, greed, and vengeance. He looks very much like the Philistine culture that he is regularly imbibing. Where does this kind of living come from and what can be done about it? Find out in this second sermon about the life of Samson in our Hero sermon series.

Judges 13: 1-25

Patrick leads us through a discussion of Jesus' parables, especially those parables that are focused on the Kingdom of Heaven. There is overwhelming evidence that the reports about Jesus' teachings in the Gospels are in fact the historical teachings of Jesus.

This week Austin leads us through a survey of all four gospels' testaments concerning John the Baptist. We find a remarkable amount of support for the historicity of the gospels. There is some very interesting discussion of the language of the gospels and the native language of Jesus.

Psalm 67

Judges 8:22-35

October 21 :: Gracious, Great, Good by MERCYhouse

Justin leads us through a discussion of the Census, as reported in Luke's Gospel, as well as the flight of the Holy family from Bethlehem to Egypt. The geo-political issues are fascinating and we learn just how sensitive the Gospel writers were to the geographical, political, and cultural issues of Jesus' day.

Judges 6:33 - 7:8

Judges 6: 23-42

In this meeting, we begin to put our detective tools to work. Patrick leads us through Matthew and Luke's infancy narratives, including a focus on the genealogies and the records of Jesus' birth. We find a great deal of support for the reliability of these accounts, as well as some apparent discrepancies that prompt helpful discussion.

Judges 6:14-24

In this meeting, we describe the goals and content of our course: Can We Trust the Gospels? Patrick discusses a bit of what to expect from the course. Justin leads us through a tour of how it is that we’re going to answer the course’s main question. In doing so, we’ll play the part of historical detectives, finding bits of evidence for and against the gospels’ historical reliability and weighing t...

Judges 6. God's people enter into their cycle again, worshipping false idols and rejecting true worship of the one true God. God allows the Midianites to plunder them resulting in an existence of hiding and hunger. This brings Israel low and it is the perfect recipe for turning their hearts back to God. Find out what God does when they cry out for HELP!

Judges 4,5 In these chapters we learn more about the predicament that Israel is in. They lack courage. Especially when it comes to the men. In these two chapters we see a very flawed and fearful man (Barak) get called out by God both directly and through the judge known as Deborah. The result is a faith filled courage that is displayed for the glory of God and the good of his people.

Judges 2; God's people turn away from the most important directive that's been given to them by God - to worship only God. The result is discipline that leads to distress which leads to the them crying out and God sending a deliverer. This is the judges cycle that will play out 12 times over the entirety of the book. A cycle that shows our inability to save ourselves and the inability of any human...

Judges 1:1-7; 27-36

Psalm 16

Hebrews 13

Hebrews 13

Hebrews 13

Hebrews 13:16

Hebrews 13:15

Col 2:16-23