Treaty with the Gibeonites (Joshua chapter 9)

One of the enduring contradictions of the Old Testament is the command to treat strangers and foreigners well, alongside the command to destroy the nations who inhabited the ancient land of Canaan, the “promised land”. We see this contrast played out in the survival plan of the Gibeonites. But what does it all mean? I […]

Crossing the Jordan River

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO WATER CROSSINGS (Exodus 14 and Joshua 3)? “… for you have not passed this way before.” (Joshua 3:3-4 NKJV) LEAVING SLAVERY IN EGYPT: OUR STATE BEFORE REGENERATION (DP 83) * … born with a predilection to love ourselves and the world the pleasures of these loves … guide us; [we […]

Why do we fail

“Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:7 NKJV) “Blessed is the man Who walks not in the […]