Judges

 

01: The Lord was faithful and drove them out (Judges 1:1 – 21)

02: But they did not conquer them and lived together (Judges 1:22 – 36)

03: The era of the Judges & the Cycle of sin (Judges 2:1 – 19)

04: A Divine Decision & the Exemplary Judge Othniel (Judges 2:21 – 3:11)

05: Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance: Ehud (Judges 3:12 – 31)

06: Deborah, Barak, and Jael (Judges 4:1 – 24)

07: The Song of Deborah: Blessed is the one who stands in the Lord’s battle! (Judges 5:1 – 31)

08: The Calling of Gideon (Judges 6:1 – 24)

09: Jerub Baal keeps asking signs (Judges 6:25 – 40)

10: God reduces your rank before He works (Judges 7:1 – 25)

11: Internal disunity; Savor or Oppressor? (Judges 8:1 – 21)

12: Later days of Gideon (Judges 8:22 – 35)

13: Abimelech: The Rise of a Self-Appointed Leader (Judges 9:1 – 21)

14: God restores the nation in His way (Judges 9:22 – 57)

15: They repented for the first time, But... (Judges 10:1 – 18)

16: Jephthah: An Outcast Turned Contract Leader (Judges 11:1 – 28)

17: A Foolish vow of Jephthah (Judges 11:29 – 40)

18: Civil strife mars the victory (Judges 12:1 – 15)

19: When sin became the norm, Samson was born (Judges 13:1 – 25)

20: God’s Providence behind the Samson’s Riddle (Judges 14:1 – 20)

21: Height of the Jawbone: Victory of the Rejected Leader (Judges 15:1 – 20)

22: Broken Nazarite Vow & Fallen Samson (Judges 16:1 – 22)

23: Samson’s victory through his death (Judges 16:23 – 31)



24: They made a God for blessings (Judges 17:1 – 18)

25: They chose their own inheritance over God's (Judges 18:1 – 31)

26: Breaking the second Love command: Obsessive hospitality, extreme hostility, and selfishness (Judges 19:1 – 30)

27: Should we fight our brothers, or should we quit? (Judges 20:1 – 28)

28: The Lord annihilated Benjamin before Israel (Judges 20:29 – 48)

29: Human Solution: One Tragedy to Fix Another (Judges 21:1– 25)

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