Dr. Lori Denning turns to two of Israel’s most complicated judges, Gideon and Samson, and shows how gifted, Spirit-empowered men and women can unravel under the weight of pride and broken covenants, and why their stories are less a museum exhibit than a mirror.
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TIMECODE
00:00 - Part 2 - Dr. Lori Denning
02:29 Gideon tears down his father’s idol at night
03:31 Joash steps into the gap to defend his son and a twin story
06:36 The significance of Joash and Jael as additional helpers
07:11 Signs that confirm faith vs. create it–The Fleece
10:44 Applying the fleece
12:09 Gideon’s downfall–pride, the ephod, and the parallels
15:32 Absolute power corrupts absolutely
17:02 Sampson’s introduction and the repeating cycle
18:42 Monoah’s unnamed wife–the elements of birth type scene
22:28 The Nazarite vow and Samson as symbol of covenant Israel
25:23 Samson’s mother lives the Nazarite vow and Minoah’s slowness
27:38 Parataxis–Minoah’s reaction vs his wife’s recognition of the angel
33:28 Anonymity in scripture as universality
35:09 Sampson as cautionary tale and failure to repent
36:41 Samson’s first words, “I saw, I took.”
40:32 The Philistine wife story: The riddle, the betrayal, and the burning
42:57 Transition to Delilah, Samson is already corrupt
44:02 “Fell in love” as covenant language and Delilah as anti-mother
45:48 The 4 rounds with Delilah and secret of his hair
48:10 Samson chained, blinded, only prayer for personal vengeance
50:12 “Everyone did what was right in their own eyes”
51:00 Closing reflection: Hope, warning signs, Jesus as true king
53:42 Women in Judges as covenant markers, and final testimony of Jesus Christ
58:14 End of Part 2 - Dr. Lori Denning
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