Judges: An Expositional Commentary

Fans of historical romance, military history, soap operas, conspiracy theories, spy novels, swashbuckling adventure, or political intrigue will find it all here in the Book of Judges! But from a broader and deeper perspective, Judges is essentially the story of a deteriorating nation - and it serves as a sober warning against deterioration in our own nation, and in our own personal lives.

This study contains 16 hours of verse by verse teachings.

Copyright © 12-01-2002

1. Judges 1: Introduction. Fighting the Enemy. Sparing the Enemy. Neglecting God's Word.
2. Judges 2 - 3: Imitating the Enemy. Obeying the Enemy. The Insidious Cycle.
3. Judges 4 - 5: Sisera and Jael: "Nailing down the Details." The Song of Deborah.
4. Judges 6 - 7: Gideon - God's Man in Manasseh. Gideon's Fleece.
5. Judges 7 - 8: Gideon's Army. Winning the War but Losing the Victory.
6. Judges 9: Abimelech's political career: Seizing the Kingdom: Defending the Kingdom: Losing the Kingdom.
7. Judges 10 - 11: The Dismal Pattern Continues. Jephthah's Four Arguments.
8. Judges 11 - 12: Jephthah's Vow. A Resolution. Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon.
9. Judges 13 - 14: The Philistines. Samson. A Child of Promise. Nazarites.
10. Judges 15 - 16: Samson and the Jawbone Defeat a Thousand Philistines. Delilah. Parallels between the Life of Samson and the Legends of Hercules.
11. Judges 17 - 18: Confusion in the Home. Confusion in the Ministry. Confusion in Society.
12. Judges 19 - 20: The Levite and his Concubine. The Civil War Against the Tribe of Benjamin.
13. Judges 21: What to do with the remaining Benjamites? Finding wives for them.
14. Judges Summary: Incomplete Obedience. The Cycle of Sin. Practical Applications.
15. Ruth 1-2: Introduction. Ruth Stays with Naomi. Boaz: "Let her Glean."
16. Ruth 3 - 4: The Threshing Floor. Hems. The Kinsman Redeemer. Types.

Session 1 of 16 - Judges 1: Introduction. Fighting the Enemy. Sparing the Enemy. Neglecting God's Word.