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Classic Bible: My Favorite Passages From Judges

This is part of the Classic Bible: Favorite Stories & Passages series. Read more from the series!

In my current Bible reading plan, the Old Testament books of history form one of the longest lists, along with the Old Testament books of prophecy. As a result, it takes me longer to get through these lists than it does the rest.

And, let’s face it, some of the OT history books get pretty repetitive, such as the books of Chronicles.

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But the book of Judges is different. This book details some of the earliest history of the nation of Israel after they entered the Promised Land, before God gave the people a king. The leaders that God raised up were, well, judges. And their stories are pretty interesting.

Here are a few of my favorites.

Ehud – Judges 3:12-30

Ehud was one of the earliest judges, who led the Israelites against the Moabites. By some trickery, he gained access to King Eglon, who was very fat, and killed him. The story tells us that Eglon’s fat completely swallowed Ehud’s sword. Leaving the palace, Ehud closed the doors to Eglon’s inner chambers, causing his servants to think he was in the bathroom. They waited to the “point of embarrassment” before realizing that Eglon was dead, but by then, Ehud was long gone.

Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab. – Judges 3:15

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Classic Bible: My Favorite Passages From 3 John

This is part of the Classic Bible: Favorite Stories & Passages series. Read more from the series!

The third letter of John is short and encouraging. While most of John’s writings are encouraging, I find this little letter to be my favorite of his epistles.

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John writes this letter to Gaius, encouraging him to stay strong in his faith. He also directly condemns a man named Diotrephes, who seems to be full of himself.

Here are a few of my favorite passages from 3 John.

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Classic Bible: My Favorite Passages From 2 John

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Some of the easiest parts of the New Testament to read are the writings of John. While in college at Ozark Christian College, I translated his Gospel and his first epistle in Greek class.

Walking In Love

His style of writing is easy to read and understand. As a result, I usually encourage new Christians who want to know what parts of the Bible to read to start with John.

In my reading this week, I covered the epistles. Even though these letters are short, 2 and 3 John especially so, there is a lot of great stuff packed into them.

Here are a few of my favorite passages from the second of John’s letters.

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Classic Bible: My Favorite Passages From Joshua

This is part of the Classic Bible: Favorite Stories & Passages series. Read more from the series!

2012 is a year of challenge for me.

I typically read through the Bible at least once each year, and many times I make it through twice. But this year, I’m stepping it up a bit.

I’ve decided to use Professor Grant Horner’s Bible Reading System, reading 3660 chapters of the Bible over the course of the year. This is the equivalent of more than three times through the Bible. Not every passage will be read three times, but many will be read much more than that.

Courage

In the process of going through the Old Testament books of history, I recently finished the book of Joshua. While this isn’t my favorite Old Testament book, there were several passages that jumped out to me.

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Classic Bible: My Favorite Passages From Galatians

This is part of the Classic Bible: Favorite Stories & Passages series. Read more from the series!

A couple of days ago, I sat down and read through the book of Galatians. I had read through it earlier in the year, in my scheduled Bible reading plan. Going back through it the other day, I noticed that I’d underlined and highlighted several passages. There is a lot of great stuff in this little letter.

Galatians

I decided that it was time to read it again, taking a closer look at some of these passages.

The letter to the Galatians was written by Paul, somewhere around AD 52-56, but could have possible been written as early as AD 48. Paul was writing to the churches in the province of Galatia, which is modern day Turkey.

Since there were several churches in this region, most of which Paul was instrumental in starting, Paul’s instructions are fairly general, since they are addressed to a wider range of congregations than just one. That facts nakes them extremely applicable to the church today.

As I read through the six chapters of this epistle again this week, I noted several passages that always seem to stand out to me.