Be Available (Judges): Accepting the Challenge to Confront the Enemy [Paperback]

Warren W. Wiersbe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2010 | Series: Be

Picture a world where people live according to their own personal standards, where believers can’t seem to agree, and where people are trapped in every kind of sin. Sound familiar? While this list hits close to home, these issues are found in the book of Judges. And it’s during times like these where God is searching for those who are ready, willing, and available to confront the enemy.

Part of Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe’s best-selling “BE” commentary series, BE Available has now been updated with study questions and a new introduction by Ken Baugh. A respected pastor and Bible teacher, Dr. Wiersbe shares that God’s kingdom advances through those who are available to Him. Based on the book of Judges, this study encourages us to stand for what’s right, and step into what God is doing in our world.
 

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About the Author

Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe is an internationally known Bible teacher and the former pastor of The Moody Church in Chicago. For ten years he was associated with the Back to the Bible radio broadcast, first as Bible teacher and then as general director. Dr. Wiersbe has written more than 160 books, including the popular “BE” series of Bible commentaries, which has sold more than four million copies. He and his wife, Betty, live in Lincoln, Nebraska.
 

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: David C. Cook; 2 edition (September 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1434700488
• ISBN-13: 978-1434700483
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #427,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Warren W. Wiersbe is best known as a Bible teacher, author, and conference speaker. He has ministered in churches and conferences in Canada, Central and South America, Europe, and the United States. He has published more than 150 books and was awarded the Gold Medallion Lifetime Achievement Award by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful study of the book of Judges, March 8, 2007

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Mrs.T (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Be Available (Judges): Accepting the Challenge to Confront the Enemy (The BE Series Commentary) (Paperback)

All of the Bible studies in Warren Wiersbe's "Be" series are good, but this one is especially so. In the past I have found Judges to be a difficult book to read and study. I bought "Be Available" to help in studying for a Sunday
School class I'm teaching on the book of Judges. I'm finding it to be very helpful indeed. Wiersbe goes beyond the historical facts to help the reader understand the "why" things happened as they did. He also applies the lessons of Judges to the lives of believers today. A very helpful book!

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty solid bible study, January 31, 2011

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Kim "Kim Martinez" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Be Available (Judges): Accepting the Challenge to Confront the Enemy (Kindle Edition)

This was my first introduction to Dr. Wiersbe. I was rather shocked when I discovered that he has written 150 books. I am a bit mixed on this book. I felt that I could hear the author's point of view more than the Bible itself at times. This came out most clearly in the stories of Deborah and Samson. I have never seen the story of Deborah and Barak laid out from such a male standpoint. I could hear the author wanting to find a way to make Barak the hero. I've always thought it was a story of victory - that God uses the marginalized, even for great and might things. I could also hear the author wanting to show us what a mess Samson was, and how things would have been better if he had been more loyal. Of all the stories of the bible, I think Samson shows us that you can't mess up God's plans.

It was for this slant that the book got a three instead of a four. Dr. Wiersbe is very intelligent, and it comes out from the start. The book is engaging and easy to read from beginning to end, and he provides good study questions.

5.0 out of 5 stars Vital and vibrant look at the OT book of Judges, October 1, 2010

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Christina Lockstein "Christy's Book Blog" (Oconto Falls, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Be Available (Judges): Accepting the Challenge to Confront the Enemy (Paperback)

Be Available by Warren W. Wiersbe is a thoughtful study of the book of Judges. Wiersbe is probably my favorite theologian of the second half of the twentieth century. His writing is always incredibly insightful and inspiring. Be Available goes through the stories in Judges in the years after Joshua's death and before Saul became King of Israel. The Israelites were in a cycle of falling away from the Lord, facing attacks and enslavement from foreign nations, then turning back to God and a judge arising from the people who rescues them and brings peace. This cycle is repeated several times, and there are many lessons in it for Christians. Wiersbe breaks down each story and explains what God was doing in it and what it means for believers today. He even gave my heart some peace over a chapter that always troubled me: Jephthah's sacrifice of his daughter. He makes the Bible very relevant and vital with a writing style that is enjoyable and intelligent.