Judges and Ruth are on tap for this week. These are two of the twelve books of history in the Old Testament. The Israelites are now in the promised land although there are still people to conquer and areas to be settled. Moses warned them before they crossed the Jordan River that God would be with them so long as they were obedient, and that He would not be with them if they did not keep the law.

Judges tells of times they were right with God, and times they were not. When they had a good strong leader, they did well. When that leader died and “they did what was right in their own eyes”, they...