What happens when people insist on doing what is right in their own eyes while living under the sovereignty of God? Judges 9–12 gives two simultaneous answers: Man's self-rule leads increasingly toward destruction. 2. God's sovereign rule continues faithfully despite man's rebellion. WATCHING THE SPIRAL…

It was the summer of 2002, and the Hayman Fire was burning by the camp I was working at. There was no rain in the forecast, blue skies and hot weather was surrounding us. Everyone was praying for rain… yet nothing was coming in the foreseeable future. I remember telling the campers to pray for rain as…

We often think being ready means feeling ready. We expect readiness to come with confidence, clarity, resources, and a sense that we know exactly what we're doing. But Judges 6 gives us a very different picture. Gideon isn't confident—he's afraid. He doesn't have all the answers—he has questions. He…

A song or a melody has a way of not only allowing the words or a message to impact us through poetry… it also has a way of staying with us. There are some familiar words that were written in 1918 that became better known in 1938. I am confident most would remember them even today. These are those words:…

God’s hand may be unseen, but His work is unmistakable… Judges 4-5 is a good reminder for us when we face circumstances, trials, or situations that God is present, God is working, and God is in control… even when we ask: Where is God? In Judges 4 the people of Israel are asking this… But God is not absent…

Have you ever forgotten something that changed everything? Maybe you forgot your wedding anniversary... Maybe you forgot your wallet... Maybe you forgot your medicine... Maybe you forgot a promise you made… Forgetting can have serious consequences. But there is another kind of forgetting that is far…

Have you ever wondered how a people who had seen God part the Red Sea... watched the walls of Jericho fall... witnessed miracle after miracle... could, in only one generation, completely forget Him? That's the question the book of Judges answers. Church, if it happened to them … we would be foolish to…