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Podcast: Bethel Community Church Orlando
Episode: BROKEN SAVIORS // When the Good Goes Bad
Description: Gideon, a heroic judge from Judges 8-9, goes bad. After defeating the Midianites, Gideon becomes prideful, ignores God, and leads Israel astray with an ephod. His son Abimelech murders his brothers to become king, only to die violently. Warning signs of “going bad” include infrequent prayer, isolation, resentment, materialism, and self-focus. Some lessons we can learn from Gideon are God’s judgment is certain, sin curses us, and we need Jesus to transform our hearts. Despite Israel’s failures, God pursues them with love.