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Podcast: Reasoning Through the Bible
Episode: S1 || Introduction to Judges || Everyone Doing What is Right in Their Own Eyes || Session 1
Description: We introduce the book of Judges, where Israel is “wretchedly corrupted.” In Joshua, we see Israel with faith and trust in God, so they have success and victory. By contrast, Judges presents Israel in disobedience, which results in failure and defeat. We introduce the downward cycle of where Israel repeatedly abandon God, who removes His protection, then Israel cries out to God, and the cycle repeats. Why does Israel have trouble driving out the Canaanites?Was Israel supposed to make deals with the people of Canaan? What happens when we do not go to God at the first sign o...