Shechem – Big Springs Community Church

Covenant Renewal Before Joshua’s Death

October 11, 2017September 25, 2019 bigspringschurchchoose this day, covenant renewal, John 12, Joshua 24, Shechem

Joshua 24:1-33; John 12:25-26 October 8, 2017 ● Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: It has been a great journey through the Book of Joshua over the last four and a half months. We learned that God promised Joshua and all Israel that he will be with them to give the land into their hand; how God led Israel into the Promised Land when he dried up the Jordan River so they could cross on dry ground; how he fought for them in their battles against the inhabitants…

Judges Sermons

Abimelech the Vengeful Destroyer

August 29, 2016September 25, 2019 bigspringschurch1 Corinthians 3, Abimelech, Gideon, Judges 9, Shechem

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…