RealFaith the Ministry of Mark & Grace Driscoll

“Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” – Judges 17:6
If you look back on your life, odds are you will see some themes and patterns that repeat. The key to being a growing and maturing person is to be mindful of and repeat the good themes and patterns and turn away from the bad ones. This is the process...

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Samson: Anointed Son Judges 13
We started Judges 4 mo’s ago (Deborah, Gideon, Samson)

“He will swallow up death forever; and the LORD God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the Earth, for the LORD has spoken.” – Isaiah 25:8
After 300 years of judges, the final judge is Samson. The people and their leaders have gone from bad to worse. The lesson learned is that more time and new leaders do not make things better but, in fact, make things worse....

“‘I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died…’” – Judges 2:21
The backdrop of Samson’s life is his constant battle against the Philistines on behalf of God’s people. A Bible dictionary explains:
The first Israelite-Philistine interaction was between Abraham and Abimelech in Genesis 20:1–17. Though much of the rest of the Old Testament depicts the Philistines as an aggressive nation, they are not presented as violent during the patriarchal period...