Faith: Optional, Obsolete, or Essential?

Evan and Justin wrap up their two-month prayer push by urging listeners to keep praying, especially this week for international missionaries, international churches, and persecuted believers, recommending resources like the IMB and Voice of the Martyrs. They then preview next week’s small group lesson in Judges 2:11–23, setting the context from Joshua’s farewell and Israel’s failed conquest in Judges 1, where compromise with surrounding peoples led to idolatry. Reading Judges 2, they highlight Israel’s abandonment of the Lord for Baal worship, the warning that remaining nations would become “thorns” and “snares,” and the sobering reality that a new generation “did not know the Lord.” The episode emphasizes discipleship in the home, generational faithfulness, and the recurring Judges cycle of sin, oppression, crying out, deliverance, and relapse.

00:00 Welcome and Setup

00:32 Prayer Push Finale

00:57 Praying for the Persecuted

04:05 From Joshua to Judges

06:40 Israel Turns to Idols

07:48 Why They Fell Away

10:30 One Generation Away

14:56 Passing the Baton

21:40 Judges Sin Cycle

22:42 Final Challenge and Wrap