When Israel came into the Promised Land, they assumed that the most dangerous enemies were external. ‘Watch out for the bad guys out there!’ But what they failed to recognize was that the most dangerous threat came from within. Judges 21

When we do what is right in our own eyes, when we determine that there is no ultimate authority over us – that there is no King whose righteous standard we must uphold – then we distort justice in order to protect us and ours. Judges 20

The author of the Book of Judges handpicked this “darkest hour” in Israel’s history to illustrate how VILE – how DEPRAVED – Israel became when everyone was left to do what was right in their own eyes. Judges 19

For the final five chapters of Judges, the author steps out of the timeline that we have been following, and has hand-picked two stories that illustrate and summarize what Israel looked like when there was no king. Judges 17:1-18:31

There is much for us to learn from Samson’s final chapter which is one of the most tragic and memorable stories in the entire Old Testament. Judges 16:1-31

Today’s passage is not ultimately about Samson. The author of Judges didn’t write this down to entertain us. He wrote it down in order to teach us so as to change us. At the end of it we’ll try to discern just exactly what we’re meant to see. Judges 14:1-15:20

The arrival of a miracle baby is a sure sign that God is about to work a great deliverance for His people. God is signaling here that – in spite of Israel’s apathy – He is not about to let them go. Judges 12:7-13:25

This morning, we’re going to skip past Jephthah’s negotiations with the Ammonites and look at the sin of Jephthah, the sin of Ephraim and the sin of Gilead. Judges 11:12-12:7

There are two stories in our text this morning but, if you look closely, you might come to notice that they are really one. In chapter 10, Israel cries out to God for rescue while in the opening verses of chapter 11, Gilead cries out to Jephthah for rescue but there is a great deal […]

The story of Abimelech is an example that is meant for our instruction. Some examples are positive and should be followed. That’s not the case here. It illustrates very clearly what we are NOT to do. Judges 8:33-9:57