Stephen H Berkey

Meet Shamgar, Jethro, Manoah and Hathach Stephen H Berkey

The OBSCURE Bible Study Series Grow in your faith through examining fascinating and unusual biblical stories and events. BENEFITS* This is the story of the Bible and the Gospel presented in a new, interesting, and fresh setting. * These ordinary believers, strange characters, and people living on the fringe of life have the same troubles and circumstances as people today. * This is a unique approach to bible study - fun, unique, but challenging. * You will learn timeless truths in a different and revealing way. * The OBSCURE Series provides new insights to life and scripture. CONTENTBook 1 of The OBSCURE Bible Study Series is an introduction to the series. This is a unique Bible study series focused on obscure or lesser-known characters and events in the Bible. Most of the people and events chosen for these studies are unfamiliar because they were mentioned only a few times in Scripture - some only once. A few others will have more recognizable names. Shamgar. Shamgar is mentioned only twice in the Bible. Judges 3:31 tells his story and 5:6 simply establishes a timeline and says nothing more about him. Judges 3:31 says that he killed 600 Philistines with his oxgoad. If I were Shamgar and I killed 600 Philistines with a stick, I would be hoping for a little more coverage than one verse! Is it even possible to learn something from this single mention?Jethro. This particular lesson is different than all the others in the series because we examine the meeting between Moses and Jethro (his father-in-law), and identify twelve leadership principles. Do you want to learn how to be a better leader? If so, this lesson is for you. Manoah & Wife. These are the parents of Samson and we learn about The nazirite vow and about the time of the judges when Israel had no real leadership. Samson was the last of the judges and his Nazirite vow separated him from normal society to keep him focused on God. Hathach was Queen Esther's messenger. The evil Haman convinced the king to destroy all the Jews and Mordecai told Esther that she must approach the king at his court, but such an act was punishable by death without a summons from the king. Esther, of course, was afraid but she agreed to fast and pray about it. Would that have been your response?