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Welcome to Gospel Rant, and our new series, Breaking Badly! Episode 10 - Samson: Strength Without Transformation What happens when God raises up a deliverer… but the deliverer looks just like everyone else? Strong. Gifted. Chosen by God. But spiritually disconnected. That's the story of Samson. And it may be the most unsettling story in the entire book of Judges. We will see what you think. And…
Welcome to Gospel Rant, and our new series, Breaking Badly! Episode 9 - Jephthah: When We Worship the Wrong God What happens when people use the name of God… but no longer know who He really is? They pray. They worship. They make promises to God. But the God they imagine looks more like the gods of their culture than the God of Scripture. That's the tragedy we encounter in today's story. The story…
Welcome to Gospel Rant, and our new series, Breaking Badly! Episode 8 - Gideon: Victory… and the Drift (Part 2) What happens when people who once knew God slowly forget Him? Not all at once. Not with open rebellion. But little compromises… quiet idols… and decisions that seem perfectly reasonable. Welcome to the world of Judges. The Book of Judges is the story of broken people, bad choices… and a…
Welcome to Gospel Rant, and our new series, Breaking Badly! Episode 7: Gideon - The Coward in the Winepress (Part 1 Today we arrive at the central narrative of the book of Judges. The story of Gideon . And if Judges has been showing us the downward spiral of Israel, Gideon represents something important. He represents Israel itself . Weak. Confused. Spiritually insensitive. Quick to blame God. And…
Welcome to Gospel Rant, and our new series, Breaking Badly! Episode 6: Deborah, Barak, and the Cup of Glory Today we come to one of the most remarkable stories in the entire book of Judges. The story of Deborah and Barak . And if we read it carefully, we discover that the real theme of this story is glory -the glory God delights to share with His people. And now, it's your turn… 👉 Like 👉 Share…
Welcome to Gospel Rant, and our new series on the book of Judges, Breaking Badly! Imagine a nation collapsing. Violence spreads. Civil war erupts. Families betray each other. Faith disappears. And somehow… everyone still insists: "We're God's people." That's the book of Judges. But here's what's shocking. The collapse didn't begin with war. It began with something much quieter. Something almost…
Welcome to Gospel Rant, and our new series, Breaking Badly! Episode 5: Othniel and Ehud Today we finally arrive at the first stories of the judges themselves . But before we jump into those stories, it helps to remember how the book of Judges is structured. Judges is not random storytelling. It is carefully arranged narrative . The book begins with two prologues , which explain how Israel's…
Welcome to Gospel Rant, and our new series, Breaking Badly! Episode 4: The Generation That Forgot Today we arrive at the second prologue in the book of Judges. The structure of Judges is fascinating. The book begins with two prologues , which set up the problem. Then come the stories of the judges themselves. And finally the book ends with two epilogues , which show just how badly Israel…
Welcome to Gospel Rant, and our new series, Breaking Badly! Welcome back to Breaking Badly , our journey through one of the darkest-and most honest-books in the Bible: the book of Judges. The Seven Nations Over the centuries, powerful nations had filled the land. Seven of them. Each one militarily stronger than Israel. Each one capable of tossing Israel around the ancient Near Eastern sandbox…
Welcome to Gospel Rant, and our new series, Breaking Badly! Welcome back to Breaking Badly , our journey through one of the darkest-and most honest-books in the Bible: the book of Judges. Last episode we talked about something surprising. The tragedy of Judges is not simply that Israel worshiped idols. It's that they stopped seeking God . They stopped going to the place where God commanded them to…
Welcome to Gospel Rant! Watch me also on DrBillSenyard YouTube channel. This, in my opinion, is the #1 prayer of not only the New Testament, but both testaments. It was among the final words of Jesus to the Apostle John, on the last page of the Bible, and he commands us to pray this. We are standing at the edge of the last page of the last book in the entire revelation of God. Ink drying. History…
