Question There is a lot of confusing teaching about tithing. Some churches make it a requirement for membership. Others don’t talk about it at all. Many preachers rely on Malachi 3:10 to support it. What should I do? Answer Tithing is a question that comes up often, especially outside the United States. Should Christians tithe? […]
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
This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com/soap. Chapter eleven tells the story of Jephthah and his battle against the Ammonites (beginning in Judges 10:17). Like Abimelech, Jephthah’s mother was a prostitute, so he did not have a good relationship with his brothers from his father’s wife (Judges 11:1-3). They kicked him out
