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  1. Mark 3:31-4:34 (Episode 219)

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    06/30/21
    1 min
    By Chad Bird | Erick Sorensen
    Jesus tells stories.
    Mark 3:31-4:34 (Episode 219)

  2. June 30 - No Barbers, Bars, and Bodies

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    06/30/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    נזיר - And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. Therefore be careful and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.” JUDGES 13:3–5
    June 30 - No Barbers, Bars, and Bodies

  3. June 29 - Shibboleth

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    06/29/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    שׁבלת - And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,” they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth,” and he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time 42,000 of the Ephraimites fell. JUDGES 12:5–6
    June 29 - Shibboleth

  4. Psalm 51 (Episode 272)

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    06/28/21
    1 min
    By Chad Bird | Erick Sorensen
    Only God creates clean hearts.
    Psalm 51 (Episode 272)

  5. June 28 - The Bramble King

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    06/28/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    אטד - "Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’ And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’" JUDGES 9:14–15
    June 28 - The Bramble King

  6. June 27 - The Harlot’s Ephod

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    06/27/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    אפוד - And the weight of the golden earrings that [Gideon] requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels. And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel whored after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family. JUDGES 8:26–27
    June 27 - The Harlot’s Ephod

  7. June 26 - Shofar

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    06/26/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    שׁופר - And [Gideon] divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with torches inside the jars. JUDGES 7:16
    June 26 - Shofar

  8. June 25 - God the Refiner

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    06/25/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    צרף - And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people are still too many. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there, and anyone of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ shall go with you, and anyone of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ shall not go.” JUDGES 7:4
    June 25 - God the Refiner

  9. June 24 - Gideon’s Nickname

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    06/24/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    ירבעל - But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been broken down.” Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he broke down his altar. JUDGES 6:31–32
    June 24 - Gideon’s Nickname

  10. June 23 - The Canaanite Consorts

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    06/23/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    בעל אשׁרה - That night the Lord said to [Gideon], “Take your father's bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order. Then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down.” JUDGES 6:25–26
    June 23 - The Canaanite Consorts

  11. June 22 - The Locust

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    06/22/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    ארבה - [The Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East] would encamp against them and devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey. For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come like locusts in number—both they and their camels could not be counted—so that they laid waste the land as they came in. JUDGES 6:4–5
    June 22 - The Locust

  12. June 21 - Hammer Time

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    06/21/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    מקבת - But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand. Then she went softly to [Sisera] and drove the peg into his temple until it went down into the ground while he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died. JUDGES 4:21
    June 21 - Hammer Time