Judges
Right in Their Own Eyes
Overview
God’s people enter the Promised Land, but instead of faithfulness and blessing, they fall into a cycle of compromise and corruption. What began as a nation rescued by God becomes a people undone by poor leadership and unfaithfulness.
Yet even here, God is faithful—raising up flawed leaders to deliver his people, pointing to the Deliverer we truly need: a King who does what is right in God’s eyes.
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Judges 1—3
This guide slows us to be with God and each other. Judges reveals the cost of going our own way—and the faithfulness of the God who stays.
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Judges 4-6
Deborah, Barak, Jael, and Gideon remind us: God calls us to courage and ordinary faithfulness. This guide is for prayer, reflection, and shared conversation.
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Judges 7-8
Gideon’s story shows how God works through weakness and how success can test the heart. This guide is designed to help you slow down, pray, and reflect on what it means to walk humbly with God.
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Judges 9-12
These chapters trace the cost of forgetting who God is—and trying to take His place. This guide invites you to reflect, pray, and learn again the freedom of trusting the true King. -
Judges 13-16
Samson’s story reveals how easily strength can turn to self-reliance—and how faithfully God still pursues His people. This guide is designed to help you slow down, pray, and reflect on what true strength looks like in God’s hands.
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Everyone Did What Was Right in Their Own Eyes
Judges 17-21
Judges ends with two unsettling stories that show the cost of a life disconnected from God. At the same time, the book quietly points us toward hope as God continues to pursue and restore those who return to Him. As we move into Advent, we turn our eyes to the King we have been waiting for.
11.23.25 • Shannon Kirkpatrick (Lay Elder)
Judges 17-21
Judges ends with two unsettling stories that show the cost of a life disconnected from God. At the same time, the book quietly points us toward hope as God continues to pursue and restore those who return to Him. As we move into Advent, we turn our eyes to the King we have been waiting for.
Samson: The Slow Drift of Compromise
Judges 16
Samson’s life unravels as small compromises accumulate until he can no longer see what’s true. But in his return, we see a God who steps into our ruins with mercy and restores the repentant.
11.16.25 • Shannon Kirkpatrick (Lay Elder)
Judges 16
Samson’s life unravels as small compromises accumulate until he can no longer see what’s true. But in his return, we see a God who steps into our ruins with mercy and restores the repentant.
Samson: The Seduction of Anger
Judges 15
Anger isn’t always wrong, but left unchecked it deceives, blinds, and destroys. Samson’s story shows where it can lead. In Jesus we learn a better way: to slow down, speak truth in love, and look to the cross where even wrath is redeemed by grace.
11.09.25 • Andy Metzger
Judges 15
Anger isn’t always wrong, but left unchecked it deceives, blinds, and destroys. Samson’s story shows where it can lead. In Jesus we learn a better way: to slow down, speak truth in love, and look to the cross where even wrath is redeemed by grace.
Samson: Strength Without Surrender
Judges 13-14
Set apart from birth and blessed by the Spirit, Samson chooses what is right in his own eyes. His story warns and invites us to take God at his word, take our next step, and live in the strength of Jesus, the true and better Samson.
11.02.25 • Andy Metzger
Judges 13-14
Set apart from birth and blessed by the Spirit, Samson chooses what is right in his own eyes. His story warns and invites us to take God at his word, take our next step, and live in the strength of Jesus, the true and better Samson.
Abimelech: The Thornbush King
Judges 9
We want freedom, and we want a king. Stepping back into Judges 9, Israel’s choice to crown Abimelech shows how easily our solutions can become the source of our pain—but it also points to a better King whose justice is sure and grace meets us first.
10.26.25 • Andy Metzger
Judges 9
We want freedom, and we want a king. Stepping back into Judges 9, Israel’s choice to crown Abimelech shows how easily our solutions can become the source of our pain—but it also points to a better King whose justice is sure and grace meets us first.
Jephthah—Regret vs. Repentance
Judges 10-12
We all worship something—and what we worship shapes us. In Jephthah’s story, we see the difference between regret and repentance, and the freedom that comes when we turn from idols to King Jesus.
10.19.25 • Andy Metzger
Judges 10-12
We all worship something—and what we worship shapes us. In Jephthah’s story, we see the difference between regret and repentance, and the freedom that comes when we turn from idols to King Jesus.
The Fall of Gideon
Judges 8
Gideon’s story doesn't end in victory, but in forgetting. Even the strongest faith can sour when we stop depending on the God who gave it.
10.12.25 • Bennett Rutherford
Judges 8
Gideon’s story doesn’t end in victory, but in forgetting. Even the strongest faith can sour when we stop depending on the God who gave it.
The Faith of Gideon
Judges 7
Gideon learns that true victory isn’t found in strength or numbers, but in trust—faith in the God who fights for His people. In Christ, we live from that same victory.
10.05.25 • Jack Holmes
Judges 7
Gideon learns that true victory isn’t found in strength or numbers, but in trust—faith in the God who fights for His people. In Christ, we live from that same victory.
The Call of Gideon
Judges 6
In the lowest place, God meets Gideon in hiding and calls him by a new name: “mighty man of valor.” With the promise “I will be with you,” He invites us to tear down the idols at home and trust Him in faith.
09.28.25 • Andy Metzger
Judges 6
In the lowest place, God meets Gideon in hiding and calls him by a new name: “mighty man of valor.” With the promise “I will be with you,” He invites us to tear down the idols at home and trust Him in faith.
Deborah, Barak, & Jael
Judges 4-5
God delivers Israel through Deborah, Barak, and Jael—yet the victory is His. It leaves us asking: what happens when we step into the very thing God’s been asking of us?
09.28.25 • Andy Metzger
Judges 4-5
God delivers Israel through Deborah, Barak, and Jael—yet the victory is His. It leaves us asking: what happens when we step into the very thing God’s been asking of us?
Strengths, Weaknesses, & Obscurity
Judges 3:7-30
This excerpt tells the story of three unlikely deliverers. God works through strength, weakness, and even obscurity—but only Jesus breaks the cycle once and for all.
09.14.25 • Andy Metzger
Judges 3:7-30
This passage tells the story of three unlikely deliverers. God works through strength, weakness, and even obscurity—but only Jesus breaks the cycle once and for all.
The Cycle of Israel’s Rebellion
Judges 1-2:5
After Joshua’s death, Israel is set to live in God’s promise. But they falter. Their story warns us: small compromises grow, and finishing well matters more than starting strong.
09.07.25 • Andy Metzger
Judges 1—2:5
Judges picks up after Joshua’s death, with Israel set to continue in God’s promise. They seek Him, then falter. Judges is a wake-up call: small compromises grow, and finishing well matters more than starting strong.