Hey, this is Shelby and CJ.

We are taking you through the Bible in a year.

And today we begin the Book of Judges.

CJ, I'm so excited that you're co-hosting for the Book of Judges.

Should I be excited to read the Book of Judges, though? This can be a little bit of an intimidating book. Yeah, Judges is a fun book. It's also, there's a little bit of blood and guts in the book of judges, a lot of war, a lot of things like that. But yeah, I think it'll be a good time. Yeah, I think so too. We're going to learn a lot, that's for sure. What are some things we can

keep in mind as we read the book of judges? Yeah, so it probably will help to think about where we

are in scripture. Israel has left Egypt. They've been wandering in the wilderness for a while.

Moses has given them some laws in the wilderness. And then we had Joshua who helped them enter

into the promised land and begin the conquest.

And then we have judges.

And where Joshua left off is the conquest has been going really well.

And Israel's been doing everything they need to do

to get into the land.

And towards the end of the book of Joshua, he divvies out the rest of the land.

And essentially, he encourages Israel to finish the job.

And then judges starts.

And judges are sort of the foil to Joshua.

If Israel was doing well in Joshua, they start to not do so well in the book of judges.

And we've kind of seen that pattern throughout scripture, right? We've highlighted so many times

the faithfulness of God as God's people waver between being faithful and in being rebellious and

disobedient. So today's chapters were Judges 1 through 3. Can you begin to take us through these chapters?

Yeah, so Judges 1 through 3 set the tone for the rest of the book.

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