What the Book of Judges Can Teach the Church Today By Chara Donahue Today's Bible Verse: "After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel." Judges 2:10 It is a frightening thing to know that churches can grow and find success not because they are close to the heart of God, but because they have learned through tradition and good business how to build an enterprise. The time of the judges was full of rising and falling, disaster and success, but there is a constant refrain of people forsaking the one true God for a false idol, which knowledge, business, and best practices can become. The church and its leaders can never forget where true life comes from. They must remember the prayer Jesus prayed for his church: "Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent." John 17:3 |
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