In this episode, we'll offer a strong word of encouragement regarding the decline times that we live in by looking at Gideon’s army in Judges 6-7 and seeing how that relates to the advance of the gospel in John 6-7. We will see that dwindling numbers in the church are no reason for despair. In fact, they should even cause us to take heart, expecting that God is sanctifying his church and preparing her to do great evangelistic works in our own generation.

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*We had hoped to record and publish this episode almost a month ago. Do to family health emergencies this kept getting pushed back, and I didn't have my normal time to study and prepare slides for this episode. So, if the quality of this episode is less than you've come to expect, I sincerely apologize, but we felt like we needed to push and get this one out there so that I could begin preparing for our Reformation Day Special episode. Nevertheless, we hope that this episode is a great encouragement to you in the advance of the gospel.