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Read the passage here. Today, we wrap up the book of Joshua.  And we finish looking at the closing address of Joshua to Israel that we began last week.  The first verses we’re looking at … Read More

Read the passage here. Last week, we covered chapters 9-11 (very quickly).  These chapters wrap up the bulk of the “action” in Joshua.  In the intervening chapters, we get reports of the distribution of the … Read More

Read the passage here. Last time, we left off in chapter 8 with the second battle of Ai.  Strictly speaking, chapters 6 (or the end of chapter 5) to chapter 8 give us a narrative … Read More

Read the passage here. We are going through the book of Joshua quite quickly. In fact, we are going to pass over most of the book, but I hope to touch on enough of the … Read More

Read the passage here. Our passage today follows immediately upon the passage that we read last week, the battle of Jericho.  As such, we can expect that the themes that we saw in that passage … Read More

Read the passage here. Last week, we mentioned that a major theme in Joshua had to do with possessing the land, and land, as we noted, is closely tied with nationhood – and we want … Read More

Read the passage here. Today we are returning to the Old Testament for a new series.  Or perhaps it might be more accurate to say we’re resuming our series on the Old Testament.  We are … Read More