Condensing the Bible into a tweet, chapter by chapter.

A condensed commentary for the 21st century!

The Book of Judges...

Judges 1. Bezek. Be careful how you treat others, it may well just come back to you. Attitudes and actions are often like boomerangs.

Judges 2. It may only be small but even the tiniest of negative compromises can grow up to become monsters. Keep focused on the right way.

Judges 3. Times of testing can be beneficial. As long as we allow them to become building blocks and not stumbling blocks.

Judges 4. You have to be careful who you trust. It's not good to be cynical but a dose of healthy skepticism doesn't do anyone any harm.

Judges 5. Conflict followed by 40 years of peace. We have to go to war with negative things in our lives before we can enjoy stability.

Judges 6. When God moves it is very often through an individual. Be careful if reject people because you may just be turning your back on God.

Judges 7. When we face a battle, have a plan. Don't go wildly in but think though a strategy.

Judges 8. The pull to do wrong is often greater than the urge to do right. Guard our hearts lest we slip into wrong ways.

Judges 9. Be careful if you set yourself up against another and try and cause trouble for them. These things boomerang and eventually get you.

Judges 10. You're either in or you're out. The spiritual hokey cokey doesn't work.

Judges 11. Be careful what vows you make because time may come when you either have to fail them or do something you don't really want to do.

Judges 12. Be careful who you insult because you may be creating trouble for yourself. The greater the nastiness the harder it will return.

Judges 13. Separation, dedication and focus are necessary if we are to fulfil our potential.

Judges 14. Look out for crocodile tears. They're about manipulation and deviousness not genuine repentance or sorrow.

Judges 15. Samson the mass-murdering psychopath! One way of looking at it! Why we need the balance of the NT otherwise we don't see the big picture!

Judges 16. We all have weaknesses. Identify them and work on them. Turn them into strengths, otherwise they will destroy us.

Judges 17. Good leadership is important, without it people drift. But it has to be to be with wisdom otherwise it leads to chaos.

Judges 18. Good to live in peace but always be alert there are those who want to change that. Develop a nose for sniffing out troublemakers.

Judges 19. Good and bad in all of us? Well, fundamentally we're bad. It's called sin and causes us to treat ourselves and each other horribly.

Judges 20. If you're on the right track keep on going. Even though we may lose battles along the way, we'll win the war.

Judges 21. When we make bad decisions not only affects us, but like ripples from a pebble thrown in a pond, the consequences are far reaching.