June 28, 2010: Is violence only an appropriate activity for men?
Posted on : Jun 28th, 2010 | By office | Category: Bread for the Journey
Last week I shared with you from the Book of Judges, chapter 11, the horrifying story of Jephthah’s unnamed daughter. This week we will look at the book of Judges once again, but this time the story is dramatically different. It is the story of a woman extraordinaire; it is the story of Deborah and Jael who delivered the Israelites from oppression. The story is told in narrative form in chapter 4 of the Book of Judges and retold in poetic form known as “The Song of Deborah” in chapter 5. online payroll services homely.

June 29th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Very interesting, Kobie!
July 7th, 2010 at 8:47 am
In another twist, one might ask if Jael is guilty of inhospitality. For this, weren’t Sodom and Gomorrah leveled? However bad a person might be, once you have taken them under your protection and abused that…
So when is it OK to overlook such things? When it serves ‘our’ [in this case the Israelites] side?