Israel's SPIRITUAL AND THEOLOGICAL failures—2:6-3:6 A positive beginning: during lifetime of Joshua and elders, Israelites set out to take their inheritances and they serve Yahweh. (2:6–9) The sin of next generation. (2:10–13) Judgment: military defeat from surrounding nations (2:14–15) Yahweh's gracious intervention. (2:16) Even worse sins of each successive generation. (2:17–19) Even worse judgment: Yahweh will no longer enable Israel to take their own land. (2:20–3:4) A disheartening conclusion: Israelites, having failed to take their land, settle among the Canaanites, intermarry, and serve their gods. (3:5–6)
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By God's amazing grace alone, Phil was drawn to salvation in Jesus Christ as a college freshman. He began his pastoral ministry as an assistant pastor (working specifically with youth and music) in 1983 while in seminary. He became the senior pastor here at Calvary in December...