Risk sits at the center of Ruth and Boaz’s story. As a plan turns into a proposal and a promise, we’re reminded that walking with God often means trusting Him into the unknown—where He meets us with redeeming love. From Ruth 3. Guest teacher: Bennett Rutherford (Lay Elder)

Small, ordinary decisions open the door to God’s quiet providence. In their first encounter, Ruth receives unexpected kindness through Boaz, and Naomi begins to hope again. It’s a glimpse of the Redeemer who welcomes outsiders and restores dignity in hidden ways. From Ruth 2.

Ruth opens with a family running from famine and finding deeper loss. In the dark and disorienting aftermath, God invites Naomi and Ruth to turn back—to trust that He meets us even when hope feels thin. This turning becomes the first step toward redemption. From Ruth 1.

Judges ends with two unsettling stories that show the cost of a life disconnected from God. At the same time, the book quietly points us toward hope as God continues to pursue and restore those who return to Him. As we move into Advent, we turn our eyes to the King we have been waiting for. From Judges 17-21.

Samson’s life unravels as small compromises accumulate until he can no longer see what’s true. But in his return, we see a God who steps into our ruins with mercy and restores the repentant. From Judges 16.

Description: Anger isn’t always wrong, but left unchecked it deceives, blinds, and destroys. Samson’s story shows where it can lead. In Jesus we learn a better way: to slow down, speak truth in love, and look to the cross where even wrath is redeemed by grace. From Judges 15.

Set apart from birth and filled with the Spirit, Samson lives by what is right in his own eyes. His story calls us back to trust—to take God at His word, to surrender strength rather than using it on our own terms, and to walk in the power of the Spirit. Judges 13–14 summitdenver.org/teaching

We want freedom, and we want a king. Stepping back into Judges 9, Israel’s choice to crown Abimelech shows how easily our solutions can become the source of our pain—but it also points to a better King whose justice is sure and grace meets us first.

We all worship something—and what we worship shapes us. In Jephthah’s story, we see the difference between regret and repentance, and the freedom that comes when we turn from idols to King Jesus. From Judges 10-12.

Gideon’s story ends not in victory, but in forgetting. Even the strongest faith can sour when we stop depending on the God who gave it. From Judges 8.

Gideon learns that true victory isn’t found in strength or numbers, but in trust—faith in the God who fights for His people. In Christ, we live from that same victory. From Judges 7.

In the lowest place, God meets Gideon in hiding and calls him by a new name: “mighty man of valor.” With the promise “I will be with you,” He invites us to tear down the idols at home and trust Him in faith. From Judges 6.

God delivers Israel through Deborah, Barak, and Jael—yet the victory is His. It leaves us asking: what happens when we step into the very thing God’s been asking of us? From Judges 4-5.

Judges 3 tells the story of three unlikely deliverers. God works through strength, weakness, and even obscurity—but only Jesus breaks the cycle once and for all. From Judges 3:7-30.

The book of Judges picks up after Joshua’s death, with the nation of Israel set to continue in God’s promise. They seek Him, then falter. Their story serves as a wake-up call: small compromises grow, and finishing well matters more than starting strong. From Judges 1—2:5.

We’re all looking for rest. But falling short and self-reliance leave us weary. In Matthew 11:25–30, Jesus offers something deeper than a break—He offers real rest. Rest for the soul, found in trusting His gentle and lowly heart.

Scripture calls singleness a gift to be embraced for the sake of God’s Kingdom. In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul shows how this gift—whether for a season or a lifetime—can be lived out with devotion to Jesus and His mission.