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Gideon: The Subtraction That Was Theology

Gideon: The Subtraction That Was Theology

A guided reading of Judges 6 and 7

12 chapters · 17 min read

Twelve scenes about a man hiding in a winepress, an army of thirty-two thousand frightened farmers, a military ratio of one to four hundred fifty, and the strangest theological idea in the whole book of Judges: the victory that is won without drawing the sword.

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Chapters.

IThirty-Two Thousand Against One Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand·
IIThe Smallest in the House of the Smallest·
IIIThe Wet Fleece and the Dry Fleece·
IVThirty-Two Thousand, And God Said "Too Many"·
VTen Thousand, Still Too Many·
VIThe River Test·
VIIThree Hundred·
VIIIThe Enemy's Dream·
IXJars, Torches, Horns·
XThe Hand of Israel Was Not Raised·
XIThe Subtraction That Was Theology·
XIIThe Pattern That Recurs·

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