Change the Conversation Annie Perkins Ministries

In today’s conversation, we’ll close the pages of a difficult chapter in Israel’s history with a deep dive into the refreshing oasis of the book of Ruth—a story which serves as a beautiful bridge between the era of the judges and the era of the kings. We’ll walk with Ruth’s mother-in-law, Naomi, through her journey from bitter wanderings to homecoming to joyful redemption. We’ll watch the bold and loyal Ruth break cultural norms to take her place in the kingdom of God, and we’ll see the aweso...

In today’s conversation we’re going to conclude our short walk through the book of Judges with the outlandish story of the final and probably most well-known judge—Samson. For the sake of our conversation, we’re going to break Samson’s story into three parts—his call, his character, and his consequences. We’ll see his life play out as a sort of symbolic embodiment of the cycle the Israelites keep perpetuating—a cycle which goes from strength to disobedience to failure to disaster—and we’ll di...

In today’s conversation we’ll journey further into the Judges era of the Bible, as the people of Israel begin the cycle which they perpetuate throughout the entirety of the Old Testament—disobedience & idolatry, punishment & oppression, crying out to God, and God’s merciful deliverance. We’ll come alongside one of the widely-known judges God called to deliver his people—Gideon—and we’ll continue to discover God’s tendency to use small things and small people in big ways. We’ll observe...

In today’s conversation we will culminate our study of Joshua and the Conquest era of the Bible as Joshua and the people of Israel divide the land into the boundaries God had set forth for them, and we’ll discuss the necessary—although sometimes frustrating—God-given boundaries in our own lives and why they exist. Then, we’ll go with the Israelites from the era of conquest into the era of the Judges, digging deep into the baffling juxtaposition of the book of Joshua closing with the people co...

In today’s conversation we’ll be back in the Conquest era of the Bible as Joshua and the Israelites take their first steps into the promised land. We’ll see that there were two giant obstacles—a raging river and an impenetrable wall—between the Israelites and the first place God called them to go; and we’ll wonder at the truth that God often calls us to confront impossible obstacles along the path toward his will. We’ll study the miracles of the river and the wall and see how God calls the Is...

In today’s conversation we’re going to walk head-on into a question which plagues many modern Bible readers—the ethicality of the conquest of Canaan. Yes, we’re going to go there, and we’re going to discuss why God would not only condone, but actually commission the conquest of the land of Canaan. We’ll reason and examine our way through the biblical narrative, while also acknowledging that this relationship we have with our omniscient, sovereign God will always require us to trust His charac...