_Jephthah the Gileadite._
JEPHTHAH
It is common to regard Jephthah as one of the wildest characters of
the Bible--a rough and heedless man; alike rash in vowing and
heartless in fulfilling; one whom it is strange to find in the
eleventh chapter of Hebrews. Jephthah was neither a godless nor a
selfi... [ Continue Reading ]
_I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back._
RETREAT IMPOSSIBLE
I. what we have done. “I have opened my mouth unto the Lord_._”
1. We have opened our mouths before the Lord, first, “by confessing
our faith in Jesus Christ.”
2. We have also avowed and declared before the living G... [ Continue Reading ]