Feb 28, 2021
Peter grew up in a small town in northern Israel called Bethsaida and was named Simon at birth (John 1:44). Eventually, the family moved to Capernaum on the coast of Galilee and ran a fishing business. Like most young men, he got married and continued working in the same line of work as his father to support his family....
Feb 21, 2021
Though God allowed the Philistines to rule over Israel from the south, Samson was raised up at Zorah, a town on the border, to thwart their oppression. Being an unkillable, one-man army, God used him in miraculous ways to show God’s strength. However, over the 20 years he was a Nazirite judge, he made foolish,...
Feb 14, 2021
After judging Israel 20 years, Samson was now around 40 years old. Being unmarried, undisciplined, and unwise, he risks his life by visiting a Philistine prostitute in the fortified city of Gaza. Trying to trap him, the men lock the massive gate. But after leaving the prostitute late at night, Samson tears off the city...
Feb 7, 2021
Because the nation of Israel continued to disobey God, He let them be ruled by the neighboring Philistines to the south. Samson, who lived at a border town called Zorah, crossed over to Timnah and married a Philistine woman. At the wedding feast, the guests threatened his wife to get the answer to Samson’s riddle and,...