Judges 6: On the Rise of Scaredy-Cat Gideon, Prayer Fleeces, and North Face Fleeces, Too (Bible Talk, Ep. 74)
Alex chats with Jim and Sam about Gideon, Israel’s next judge who is also a scaredy-cat.
SHOW NOTES
1:21 / What’s the recurring cycle in Judges we should be looking for as we read?
3:14 / Does the language used regarding Midian’s oppression of Israel point back to anything in Scripture? (6:1-6)
8:44 / Why does the Lord respond to Israel’s cries by sending them a prophet? (6:7-10)
13:40 / Why is the description so detailed of what Gideon was doing when the angel of the Lord appears to him? (6:11)
18:34 / Why is Gideon called “a mighty man of valor” if he’s portrayed as scared? (6:12)
19:31 / How is Gideon a prophet like Moses?
21:09 / What’s Gideon’s background?
24:04 / How does the town respond to Gideon breaking down its altar of Baal? (6:28-32)
26:37 / Should we use prayer fleeces like Gideon? (6:36-40)
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Graphic: Gideon and the Fleece, with the Selection of Gideon’s Army, Austria (1420-30)