The further God moves away from a person, a home, a community, or a nation, devolution sets in,

and it doesn't matter who you elect.

Dr. Tony Evans says no system can succeed when it sidelines the Savior.

Until the spiritual gets put back in place, then there is no divine standard operating.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives

of Dr. Tony Evans.

When God's people lose sight of his authority, it doesn't take long for false gods to fill

the void. That's what happened in ancient Israel,

when compromise in one home spread through an entire nation. Today, Dr. Evans traces that

progression, showing how idolatry can quietly infiltrate our hearts and communities. Before he begins,

a brief word of caution. The passages Dr. Evans

examines today reveal the depths of human brokenness during a time when, as Scripture

says, everyone did what was right in his own eyes. They include strong themes of abuse

and violence, and the content may be disturbing to some listeners

and unsuitable for children.

Please listen with discretion as Dr. Evans explores these difficult sections of Scripture

that expose the reality of sin and our desperate need for redemption.

Is this young Levite, young priest, who goes into Micah's home, who's got all these idols,

and Micah makes this young man his priest, and so paganism is now operating on a home level

in chapter 17 of the book of judges. In verse 11, the Levite agrees to live with the man, chapter 17,

and the young man became to him like one of his sons. So Micah consecrated the Levite,

and the young man became his priest, and lived in the house of Micah. Then Micah said,

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