You know what’s really inspiring about the Book of Judges? It demonstrates that God can use even the worst of us, warts and all, to bring about His divine purposes. What do I mean by that exactly? Well, with the advent of the dark era of the Judges, the godly leadership of Joshua and his […]
Archives for October 2021
JU-INTRO-14: Is The Modern Church The Product Of God-Forbidden Religious Syncretism?
In my last post I indirectly established something quite significant about the modern gentile church. Did you catch it? If not, let me just go out and say it. The gentile church has been engaged in religious syncretism for years…actually centuries now. To be even more accurate, it would be no exaggeration to assert the church […]
JU-INTRO-13: How Interfaith Marriages In The Bible Led To Big Time Idolatry
A shocking thing we’re gonna encounter once we get into the book of Judges are all of the mixed marriages that took place between the Israelites and the local Canaanites. In fact, in just a short period of time, this became a normal and accepted thing. However, this led to a big problem. And that […]
JU-INTRO-12: The Real Root Cause Of Today’s Middle East Crisis
Let’s get our bearings of where we’re at in our preamble to the Book of Judges. FIRST, recall what the true Biblical definition of a Shofet or Judge is. Remember, it’s not some somber looking dude wearing a black robe arbitrating over a variety of civil or criminal charges in a courtroom. No, a true […]
JU-INTRO-11: The One Point That Stops Many Folks From Properly Understanding Their Bibles
In my last post I established that Israel operated under a Greek style of government called an AMPHICTONY. However, it’s a mistake to call it a “government” because there was no central ruling authority. It was more like a loosely held together alliance of tribes bound together by family and religion. While other amphictonies were […]