Samson’s life unravels as small compromises accumulate until he can no longer see what’s true. But in his return, we see a God who steps into our ruins with mercy and restores the repentant. From Judges 16. 

Anger isn’t always wrong, but left unchecked it deceives, blinds, and destroys. While Samson’s story shows where it can lead, in Jesus' we learn a better way. From Judges 15.

Set apart from birth and filled with the Spirit, Samson lives by what is right in his own eyes. His story calls us back to trust—to take God at His word, to surrender strength rather than using it on our own terms, and to walk in the power of the Spirit.

Judges 13–14
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We want freedom, and we want a king. Stepping back into Judges 9, Israel’s choice to crown Abimelech shows how easily our solutions can become the source of our pain—but it also points to a better King whose justice is sure and grace meets us first.

We all worship something—and what we worship shapes us. In Jephthah’s story, we see the difference between regret and repentance, and the freedom that comes when we turn from idols to King Jesus. From Judges 10-12. 

Gideon’s story ends not in victory, but in forgetting. Even the strongest faith can sour when we stop depending on the God who gave it. From Judges 8. 

Gideon learns that true victory isn’t found in strength or numbers, but in trust—faith in the God who fights for His people. In Christ, we live from that same victory. From Judges 7.

In the lowest place, God meets Gideon in hiding and calls him by a new name: “mighty man of valor.” With the promise “I will be with you,” He invites us to tear down the idols at home and trust Him in faith. From Judges 6.

God delivers Israel through Deborah, Barak, and Jael—yet the victory is His. It leaves us asking: what happens when we step into the very thing God’s been asking of us? From Judges 4-5.