Water's Edge: 2011 - 2014

The Call vs. The Culture - An Eternal Problem After the death of Joshua, God’s people felt this pull of worldly culture and a destructive pattern emerged: o Israel turned again and again to the worship of pagan gods. o God brought divine judgment. o Israel cried out for God’s help. o God raised up a judge to save them. This cycle of sin became the pattern of life in Israel for the next 300 years. God is never bashful about His intentions for His people. He never tolerates sin and, at the same time, never breaks His covenant with His people. Israel may not have fully understood God’s discipline, but over and over He had to bring them to their knees in order to bring them to Himself.