Thinning The Herd

  • Updated: January 1, 2026

We are seeing a lot of people make stands for various causes right now. From where I stand, the herd is being thinned out. We are going to talk about Gideon in the book of Judges and how it relates to what is going on in our world today.

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Brandon T. Ward​

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