This course covers the Judges era, which includes the book of Judges, Ruth, and portions of 1 Samuel. The Judges era is a fascinating and often neglected period. It mirrors today's church, so it has a lot of profound spiritual lessons for us.

The Book of Judges chronicles Israel's darkest time. The core passage in the book of Judges is "In those days, Israel had no king, and everyone did what was right in their own eyes." God instructed Israel to perform three things (Deuteronomy 7:1–5):