Judges 10:10 (NRSVue) - So the Israelites cried to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you, because we have abandoned our God and have served the Baals.”These were the words of the people as the Ammonites oppressed them.In time, God used a man named Jephthah to deliver them.Once delivered, Jephthah served as their judge for six years.But their deliverance began with the confession of contrite hearts.Luke tells us the story of John the Baptist.When John the Baptist was born, he was not named after his father Zechariah as was the custom.Before his birth, the angel Gabriel spoke to Zechariah,He...
