Let's break this down. For every 10 minutes you spend in your Bible each day, you spend

1,430 minutes a day outside of it. So, the question is, do you feel equipped to engage with

today's culture, where you spend the majority of your time? The truth is if you're a Christian, you're an outsider.

But that's what God has called you to be,

and he wants you to live this way joyfully.

But not all outsiders are created equally.

You can discover how God has uniquely called you

to engage with today's culture in Keith and Patrick's

new book, Joyful Outsiders. Find more information and start reading today at joyful outsiders.com.

Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Jensen Holt McNair. On the back of almost every book you could read, you'll find a blurb.

A blurb is a summary of what you'll find if you pick up the book and actually read it.

Some are more detailed than others, but all of them hope to give you a good enough taste of the book that you're

intrigued enough to read more than just the blurb. So today, we're going to think of judges too

as the author's blurb for the book. It has a bit of flashback at the beginning, reminding us of

the warning that the Israelites have been given to remain faithful, to drive out those who worship

other gods, to obey and to love God, and reminding us of the details of Joshua's death. And all of that

is to set the stage for our blurb beginning in verse 10. After that, the whole generation

had been gathered to their ancestors. Another generation grew up, who knew neither the Lord nor what

he had done for Israel. So, the stage is set. The generation who would witness God's faithfulness is being replaced by another who

didn't know the Lord or what he had done. This is an ominous transition. It's foreshadowing what's to

come throughout the rest of the book. And what's going to follow is an overview of the pattern

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