This coming Sunday I will be preaching from 2 Peter 3:3-13. This message will serve as a ‘bridge’ between our series from 2 John and our fall series from the Book of Judges that will begin on September 10. In this great text, the Apostle Peter reveals how we—the redeemed people of God—are to live in the “last days” (3:3). This breath-taking section of Holy Scripture comes to its conclusion with the practical exhortation to practice “holiness and godliness” as we await the Second Advent of our Lord (3:11-12). The connection to the Old Testament Book of Judges is just this: there is always the danger for God’s people that the world around us will have too much influence over our beliefs and behavior. Judges is a sad illustration of the power of secular culture to shape (or misshape) our lives. And this was precisely Peter’s concern as he wrote to the first century believers living and serving the Lord in the Roman Empire.