Today, we’re looking at a witness. Not in a TV drama, but in the courtroom of history. This witness is here to testify to the Truth—to point us to the Light.

John 1:6-13 (ESV)- There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

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The Gospel of John starts with that kind of "The time has finally come" energy. But John doesn't start with a stable in Bethlehem or a list of ancestors. He starts with a prologue that is unlike anything else in the Bible. He dives in headfirst.

John 1:1–5 (ESV):

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."

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In today's episode, we reach the end of the Book of Judges. I’m going to be honest with you: for me, this is the hardest and saddest part of the Bible to read. If Judges 1 through 16 were a downward spiral, Chapters 17 through 21 are the crash and burn.

These final chapters function as an appendix. They aren't necessarily chronological; they are snapshots of what life looked like during this era. They describe a society in total freefall—religiously, morally, and socially.

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In this episode, we dive into Judges 13-16 as we look at Samson, who is a man of massive contradictions. He had supernatural strength but a microscopic will. He was a set-apart Nazarite who couldn't stop touching what was "unclean." He is a mirror for all of us who have ever felt a gap between the potential God gave us and the choices we actually make.

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In our final episode of 2025, and we are closing out the year with one of the most tragic and complex stories in the Book of Judges: the story of Jephthah in Judges chapters 10-12. This is a tough story about the danger of rash vows and the futility of trying to bargain with God.

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Last time, we saw women of incredible courage—Deborah and Jael. Today, we meet a man who starts out as the opposite of brave, a man who is completely paralyzed by insecurity.

If you've ever felt like your background disqualifies you, or that you're the last person God would ever choose, this message is for you. We’re going to watch God take a man who saw himself as "the least" and turn him into a "Mighty Man of Valor."

Judges 6-8

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Today, we are jumping into Judges 4 and 5. This is a fascinating section of Scripture because we get the story told twice.

• Chapter 4 is the Prose Account. It gives us the history. Its the Detective Friday, “All we want are the facts, ma'am." It tells us what happened.
• Chapter 5 is the Poetic Version. This is the "Song of Deborah." It’s a masterpiece of Hebrew poetry that tells us how it felt and what it meant.

We’re dealing with a massive military threat. We’re talking about 900 iron chariots. In the ancient world, that’s like fighting a division of F-33's with spit wads. It was a terror in the flatlands near the Valley of Jezreel.

But the real battle in this text isn't just on the field. The real battle is in the heart. It’s a battle between Faithfulness and Fear. It’s about Courage versus Hesitation.

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Today, we're diving into Judges 3, and we're going to see that deliverance in action. And the truth is, God's resume for heroes looks nothing like ours. We look for the polished, the perfect, the predictable. God looks for the available. We're going to see how God uses the most unexpected people to bring about massive victory.

Judges 3:1–31 (ESV)

1Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan. 2It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before. 3These are the nations: the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as Lebo-hamath. 4They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. 5So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 6And their daughters they took to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons, and they served their gods. 7And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth. 8Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. 9But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. 10The Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim. 11So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died. 12And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. 13He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel. And they took possession of the city of palms. 14And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. 16And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his clothes. 17And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. 18And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute. 19But he himself turned back at the idols near Gilgal and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” And he commanded, “Silence.” And all his attendants went out from his presence. 20And Ehud came to him as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” And he arose from his seat. 21And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly. 22And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and the dung came out. 23Then Ehud went out into the porch and closed the doors of the roof chamber behind him and locked them. 24When he had gone, the servants came, and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, “Surely he is relieving himself in the closet of the cool...