Philippians 4:1-13 Many of us, when we were children, learned stories about what we might call the heroes of the Bible. If you’re like me, a male who grew up with Superman and Batman, you may have liked the ones about Samson, Gideon and David. These guys are like super heroes who do great and wondrous things, often with seemingly superhuman strength, only they do it with divine power and not superpowers. Samson does great things in the name of God, but he’s also morally challenged. He does bring down a temple with his bare hands, though he died in the incident. As to the secret of his success, he apparently was the Fabio of his day, because his secret had something to do with his hair! As for Gideon, he doesn’t have superhuman strength, but somehow he’s able to defeat the Amalekites whose troops numbered in the thousands with a small team of just 300 fighters. Apparently God wanted Gideon’s enemies to understand that God was in t...
Sermons of a Disciples Preacher Ministering in Troy, Michigan