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Judges 10:6-9 Israel and insanity - Day 208

Well at least I got two in today.  The cycles in time of Judges is really nothing new.  Nor are modern compromises to make us the church more acceptable to people we like to think are seeking the truth.

There were remarkable judges like Deborah and Barak and Gideon.  Then there were apparently unremarkable judges like Tola and Jair.  Jair's only notable trait was 30 sons riding on 30 donkeys and they had 30 cities.

Isn't it interesting that adopting foreign gods did not endear the Israelites to the people groups around them.  I guess the Philistines, Amorites, and all the others remembered what Israel under Joshua had done to their ancestors.  They oppressed Israel to the point of "severe distress" even though they had forsaken God and followed the pagan idols.  At some point, shouldn't the Israelites realize that going after foreign gods did not impress their opponents and resulted in God selling them into bondage.  It has been said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.  Israel was insane by this definition.  

So what about the church?  You may have heard of seeker friendly churches.  The thought is if we make church look like a coffee bar or a rock concert, unbelievers who like coffee bars or rock concerts will come and then hear the gospel and become believers.  Something like the Israelites adopting foreign gods hoping that the foreign nations will like them.  Seems to be doing the same thing and expecting different result.


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