Lifelong Disciples of Jesus… 

1. Radically depend on God’s power and presence.

2. Wholeheartedly obey God’s commands.

3. Continually repent of sin.

Things to Keep in Mind Throughout Judges:

1. This book is hard to read (and hard to apply).

  - It is rooted in a foreign culture, time, and place

  - It is R rated (bloody violence, graphic sexual situations, horrible oppression, etc.)

  - What do we do with Holy War?

  - It quickly goes from good, to bad, to worse

2. God is the hero of this story

**A Way Through the Problem of Holy War (From Tim Keller)**

1. This holy war is not carried out based on race.

2. This holy war is not carried out based on imperialistic expansion.

3. This holy war is carried out as God’s judgment and through direct revelation.