Judges

God Gives Israel a Humble King (1 Samuel 16)

God Gives Israel a Humble King (1 Samuel 16)

“One of the main themes of this chapter is the human inability to see what God sees.…It seems that the biblical record deliberately creates the impression that Yahweh prefers to use weak, the lowly, the disenfranchised members of society, to do his most significant work…

Ruth 1:1-2

Ruth 1:1-2

“In some parts of Scripture we are going carefully through, line by line, especially teaching sections. But here, in the histories, we are repeatedly reminded that this is all to emphasize one main point: Everyone is doing what they think is right, following their hearts, following their own inclinations; and this leads to utter disaster…We are inundated today with messages like ‘follow your heart,’ ‘do what is right for you,’ ‘Follow your truth’…The message of Judges is: don’t do what you think is right. You are a bad judge of what is right.  You need a King!