Remembering the Past and Making a Choice for the FutureJoshua 21-24“If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, chose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your f...  Read More

The Long-term Consequences of Incomplete ObedienceJoshua 16-20“They did not drive out the Canaanites.”As Israel set to establish their presence in the promised land, there is a repeated phrase that we...  Read More

The Holiness and Justice of GodJoshua 11-15“They struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was one left who breathed.  And he burned Hazor with fire....  Read More

Victory and DefeatJoshua 6-10“The Lord said to Joshua, ‘See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors.”The battle plans were both absurd and straightforward.  The pe...  Read More

Fear and FaithJoshua 1-5“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”In the late 1990s, two books were written...  Read More

The Faithfulness of God and the Fickleness of ManDuet. 31-34“Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip; for the day of their calamity is near, and the impending things are h...  Read More

The ChoiceDt 26-30“Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nati...  Read More

Holiness as a Way of LifeDeut. 21-25“As I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.”We tend to compartmentalize our life and our faith.  We view our relationship with God as part of our spir...  Read More

The Test of a ProphetDeut. 16-20“But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall d...  Read More

The Most Important DecisionDeut. 11-15See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:  The blessing if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today; ...  Read More

Obedience and the Danger of Complacency.Deut. 6-10“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”Deuteronomy 6:4-5 are foundational verses.  Just...  Read More

The Danger of Spiritual ForgetfulnessDt. 1-5“Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that the Lord, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.  So you shall keep His...  Read More