April 13, 2025
‘And Joshua said, “Why did you bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.”‘ (Joshua 7:25 ESV). This verse captures the tragic climax of the story of Achan, who took some of the devoted things from Jericho—items God had declared off-limits. Though Achan sinned in secret, the result was felt across the
April 12, 2025
“But Rahab the prostitute and her father’s household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho” (Joshua 6:25 ESV). Rahab was a Canaanite and a prostitute, a person many would overlook or dismiss.
April 11, 2025
“When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’” (Joshua 4:21-22 ESV). After the miraculous crossing of the Jordan River, God instructed Joshua to have twelve men, one from each tribe, take a stone
April 10, 2025
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9 ESV). When God called Joshua to lead Israel after Moses, He didn’t give him a strategy manual or a long list of instructions. Instead,
April 21, 2024
“And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has
April 16, 2024
“So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the Lord said” (Joshua 14:12 ESV). Caleb
April 13, 2023
“… but they did not consult the Lord” (Joshua 9:14 NLT). The Gibeonites deceived Joshua and the Israelite leaders and persuaded them to make a covenant with them. The leaders, fresh from a victory, examined the condition of the men’s clothes and food and believed their story. However, once again, they proceeded without counsel from
April 12, 2023
“Joshua then read to them all the blessings and curses Moses had written in the Book of Instruction. Every word of every command that Moses had ever given was read to the entire assembly of Israel, including the women and children and the foreigners who lived among them” (Joshua 8:34-35 NLT). Moses gave Israel the
April 18, 2022
HAVE YOU JOINED THE GATHERING AT SHILOH? “Shiloh” was a town located in the land of Ephraim where Joshua had the Tabernacle set up. Shiloh was the home for the Tabernacle from the time of Israel’s conquest of the Promised Land until the time of Eli’s wicked sons as recorded in 1 Samuel. The
April 14, 2022
HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD? Joshua, with all Israel bearing witness, called out, asking God to cause the sun and the moon to “stand still” until he defeated the Amorites. And the Lord answered his prayer. With our modern scientific knowledge, we understand the insane nature of Joshua’s request. Joshua didn’t know about gravity, the