
Michael Dickerson
Executive Pastor • Brainerd Baptist Church
- I have to take issue with the Main Idea for chapter two. While I agree with the sentiments of the contemporary issue the author is attempting to address, it is not the main point of this text. Because the author chose to make the entire message focus on one contemporary point of application, his commentary misses many prevalent theological themes, including and especially how human choice and God's sovereignty work together. The author unfortunately also, thus, fails to discuss how chapter 2 contributes to the message of the book as a whole, which has much more to do with God's faithfulness to solve the problems described in Judges: the lack of a King to represent Him and human depravity than it does with exhorting Christians to be "change agents who strive for the equity of women in the world and especially in the workplace." Christians absolutely should be that, but at best, that's an application point of this passage (and a loose one at that); it is not what this passage is ultimately about.