Bible Studies

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Judges 15

This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com/soap. Chapter fifteen takes place “sometime later,” but it does not state how long. It must have been long enough that the woman’s father thought Samson was not coming back, which is why he married her to another man. When Samson did return and discovered that […]

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Judges 14

This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com/soap. Chapter fourteen reveals that Samson had at least three great weaknesses: women/sex, instant gratification, and anger. The chapter opens with Samson seeing a beautiful woman and demanding that his father arranges a marriage, even though she was a Philistine (Judges 14:1-4). Although his father resisted,

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Judges 13

This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com/soap. Chapter thirteen begins the famous story of Samson, who served for twenty years. Samson is the only judge whose story is recorded from birth to death. After forty years of Philistine oppression, God visited an infertile woman from the tribe of Dan and promised her

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