Lethal Tent Pegs and the Lack of a King: Judges

Lisa Harper's Back Porch Theology

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Talk Radio, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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On today's episode of Back Porch Theology, Lisa sits down with Dr. Preston Sprinkle to dive into the book of Judges through the lives of Deborah, Jael, and Huldah—three remarkable women whose stories reveal a God who is both utterly sovereign and intimately kind. They reflect on what Scripture truly reveals about women, leadership, spiritual motherhood, and everyday influence—and how a right view of God’s smiling countenance transforms the way we live, love, and lead. Take a seat and stay awhile; we’re so glad you’re here.

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0:00.0	The same value in a pastor leading thousands as a mother leading one or two or three kids.
0:07.2	I don't think God puts value on the numerical influence.
0:13.0	I think he cares about the depth of your faithfulness toward the influence that he has already
0:19.1	created for you.
0:20.1	So do not diminish your role, especially if you're like,
0:23.7	oh, I don't have this title or something.
0:25.6	No, God is working through you to carry his kingdom out. Access more.
0:42.7	Hey, hey, hey, back porches.
0:44.7	I am the 5-foot-8 spiritual wing woman to my missing Allison.
0:50.0	Ali has a nasty case of the flu, so she's not here today.
0:53.3	So I'm flying solo on the porch.
0:55.9	But I am so excited, not than Allison's sick.
0:58.8	I feel like a mouse let loose in a cheese factory because one of Allies and my favorite biblical scholars, we are just pathologically biased when it comes to Dr. Preston-Sprinkle. And he is here on the porch today. Y'all know we're going through just redemptive chunks in the Bible in a year. We're calling this no-wasted words, the year of 2026. And Dr. Sprinkle, he's told me to call him Preston, but I revere him too much. It's going to
1:28.5	be hard. I feel like I'll break out in hives if I call him Preston. He's given us some huge
1:33.8	insight on characters in the book of judges today. But Dr. Preston, did you ever call you,
1:41.1	do your students ever call you Dr. Sprinkle? My students never called me Dr. Sprinck.
1:44.5	They always call you Preston. Oh, yeah. Because Dr. Sprinkle sounds like some amazing lawn product on QVC. Or Donuts shop. Yeah, it does. Yeah, I like donut shop. Dr. Sprinkles. Before we dive into judges, and I'm going to take a couple of Redemptive rabbit trails, I hope, with you, because I love your
2:01.8	latest book from Genesis to Junia. One of the best books I've read in the last couple of years,
2:08.4	and I told you off my, I have cited you so much in my dissertation that when I graduate, I need to
2:16.3	just have a Preston tassel on my cap. I love this book,
2:20.8	and I want to dive into some of the material of this book. But before we dive into some chunky
2:25.9	stuff, since some people on the porch who have been living in a barn are not familiar with you,
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