Judges: Returning to God

Episode 9: “When the Weak Become Strong” (Judges 13)

Unlike the other judges, we have the story of Samson’s birth. This is a story when God doesn’t raise up a leader who was already grown, but one given by in the womb, years in advance, to rescue His people. Samson was to be set apart for God’s use alone. Yet he will become the most flawed character in Judges and reflects the state of Israel as a whole. But God is still at work in Israel regardless of Samson.

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This podcast is a production of the Providence Road Church of Christ in Charlotte, NC.

Music by Daniel Reed

Judges: Returning to God

Episode 8: “Jephthah’s Only Begotten” (Judges 11-12:1-7)

The Lord’s call is always interesting. Jephthah, the outcast son of a prostitute, is called to deliver Israel from Ammonite oppression. As Israel continues her free fall into sin and idolatry, her oppression increases. Yet so does the cost of deliverance to the judge. Because of a rash vow, this deliverance costs Jephthah his only daughter as Israel is torn apart even more from within. But God is still at work.

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This podcast is a production of the Providence Road Church of Christ in Charlotte, NC.

Music by Daniel Reed

Judges: Returning to God

Episode 7: “When You Get What You Want” (Judges 9)

Israel keeps falling further and further into rebellion and amnesia with God. God raises up Abimelech, not as a judge but as an “anti-judge” who would make himself king. The oppression of Israel doesn’t come from without but from within. This time, God’s judgment on Israel is to give them exactly what they want. In this story, we see the horror of God’s “yes.”

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This podcast is a production of the Providence Road Church of Christ in Charlotte, NC.

Music by Daniel Reed