(Hebrews 11:32, ESV) And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— The names listed in v. 32 seem to represent the totality of those in history who displayed faith, since the list of deeds followed by "who" in verse 33 can probably not all be accounted for in the lives of only those on this short list of names. With this in mind, we're going to take a brief look at each of the people listed here and make a few observations about their faith based on what the Bible says about them. This time we'll focus on Gideon, whose story can be found in Judges 6:11 – 8:32. When the angel of Yahweh first appeared to Gideon and told him that Yahweh was with him, Gideon's first response was not worship or gratitude, but confusion and possibly even doubt. He didn't see any evidence of God being with him and actually felt abandoned by God.(Judges 6:13) When the angel told him to go...