Abimelech the Vengeful Destroyer

  Scripture Readings: Judges 8:33-9:57; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 August 28, 2016 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Remember the foreboding epilogue to Gideon’s life? It says that he had many wives who bore him 70 sons. One of his sons was from a Canaanite concubine in Shechem, whom he named Abimelech. And what does “Abimelech” mean? “My father is king.” Although publicly, Gideon declined to be the king of Israel, he acted like it, and considered himself a king (Jgs 8:29-31). Our text is a long story of…

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