The Need for Judges
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In the book of Judges, God's people desperately needed a faithful and godly leader. Today, W. Robert Godfrey discusses God's sovereign provision for His people in seemingly uncertain times like these.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
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| 0:00.0 | Before the judges, there was great strength in Israel, and then gradual spiritual weakening in Israel. |
| 0:09.0 | And that's when God instituted the office of the judges to help the people in their spiritually |
| 0:14.9 | declining and compromised state. |
| 0:23.9 | Have you read the book of judges lately? |
| 0:26.5 | If you're using a Bible in a year plan, you'll likely be reaching it soon. |
| 0:30.8 | But spending time in Old Testament books can sometimes be a challenge because we |
| 0:36.3 | might be less familiar with the context. |
| 0:38.8 | It's worth the study, though, because the Old Testament is not only the inspired word of God, |
| 0:44.3 | it has much to say for God's people today. |
| 0:48.1 | Welcome to the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:51.4 | I'm Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 0:53.5 | Today we continue our time with W. Robert Godfrey as he |
| 0:57.4 | introduces us to Samson. You probably heard of Samson and Delilah. But who was Samson? |
| 1:04.6 | The messages you're hearing on Saturdays are from Dr. Godfrey's 10-part study on the life of |
| 1:10.3 | Samson. |
| 1:11.4 | So go beyond the introduction and request the entire series on DVD with digital access |
| 1:17.2 | to the messages and study guide when you donate before midnight tonight at Renewing Your |
| 1:22.8 | Mind.org. |
| 1:25.4 | Samson was the last of the 12 judges, but if you ever asked, why did Israel need judges? |
| 1:32.3 | Here's Dr. Godfrey. |
| 1:35.3 | Only when we see what the book of judges is about as a whole and Samson's role in that |
| 1:42.3 | book, are we really going to be able to achieve the maximum |
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