Why did God allow Samson to go his reckless, carnal way as the years went by? Listen to this lesson to see that Samson was used in a spectacular way to carry out God’s plan for Israel. Hear about Delilah and how she enticed Samson to reveal the secret of his strength. Find out how Samson finally turned to the Lord for help and destroyed the leaders and power brokers of Israel’s enemy, the Philistines.

91 - The Paganization of the People: Introduction to Judges 17–18 [B]

Judges is a book that is rarely taught in any church. This is a tragedy because it is a book for our times. What is impressive about this book is the theme. The last verse in Judges: “In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” Judges was in many ways the dark ages of Israel’s history: they rejected the authority of God, they rejected the authority of Scripture, and in its place they substituted their own authority.