The book of Judges tells the gritty story of humanity’s tendency to trust in ourselves instead of God, and to do what is right in our own eyes. But as God’s people descend into a downward spiral, God’s love for them goes deeper still. God raised up a series of leaders called judges to rescue his people, and bring them back to him. Because no matter how far we fall, or how dark things get, God’s relentless love and scandalous grace will always have the final say!

This week Rob Collis looks at the story of Othniel, as he preaches from Judges 3.1-11. Othniel is someone we don’t talk about very much in the church – and the Bible doesn’t really tell us very much about him. But the book of Judges presents him as the ideal judge, against whom all the others will be compared – as God raised him up to rescue his people, and lead them from forgetting who God is to coming alive in him.

This week as Rob Collis preaches from Judges 2, he explores three of the running themes which run throughout the book of Judges: covenant, idolatry, and deliverance – and he shows us that Judges is the story about the mystery of God working in broken places.

The book of Judges tells the gritty story of humanity’s tendency to trust in ourselves instead of God, and to do what is right in our own eyes. But as God’s people descend into a downward spiral, God’s love for them goes deeper still. God raised up a series of leaders called judges to rescue his people, and bring them back to him. Because no matter how far we fall, or how dark things get, God’s relentless love and scandalous grace will always have the final say!

This week as Rob Collis preaches from Judges 2, he explores three of the running themes which run throughout the book of Judges: covenant, idolatry, and deliverance – and he shows us that Judges is the story about the mystery of God working in broken places.