My word is a lamp is a lamp unto my feet and delight unto my path.

Unto my path.

Unto my pet.

That word is a lamp land

my feet

and a lie unto

a lie unto my pad to my path.

Welcome to Searchlight. A survey through scripture with Pastor John Corson. It is our desire to bring you a

systematic study of the entire Bible chapter by chapter book by book.

Some portions of scripture seem to be troubling to us.

Most of it is clearly wonderful, but every once in a while we come across a section that confuses us.

For many people, our text today is one such section.

This is the story from judges chapter 11 about Jeptha and his daughter.

Let's now go ahead and join Pastor John as he shares the story and the meaning for us.

Judges, chapter 11.

A number of years ago when Peter John, my son, was eight years of age.

He and I and my younger brother Jimmy,

he and I and Jimmy were sitting around the kitchen table.

And we were talking about the Apollo moonshots,

and we talked about the amazing fact of man going to the moon.

And Peter John asked a question,

I'll never forget, Daddy, why do those guys wear space suits? Why did they

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