I would like to apologize for missing yesterday’s episode. This past Saturday morning I had to have our 13 year old shih tzu, Sparky, put to sleep, and we just really had an emotionally draining weekend. I would have normally recorded yesterday’s episode on Sunday night, but I have to admit that I just wasn’t…

Let’s take a look at chapter 14 for a moment. Joshua has gathered Eleazar the high priest and the leaders from each tribe in order to divide up the land of Canaan by lot as God had instructed Moses. But we see at verse 6 that Caleb, accompanied by the leaders of the tribe of…

Here in Joshua 11 there are three things I wanted to focus on for just a moment. The first is that we see in the first few verses that Israel’s enemies banded together to defeat them. It didn’t matter what their differences were, they knew that Israel had defeated every enemy they faced, so if they…

How many times have I made the same mistake as the leaders of Israel made in this chapter? I have a decision to make, and I rely on my own “wisdom and intelligence” to gather what I think is the appropriate information to make the right call, and everything blows up in my face because…

As we begin a brand new year, I think it appropriate that we focus today on the first part of the opening sentence of Joshua 8. It says, “Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged.’” Do you remember what happened in the last chapter? Unbeknownst to Joshua, there was sin…

The first word of today’s chapter is “But”. Whenever we see that, we need to remember what the previous statement was, because “but” is a word that ties two thoughts together. If I say to you, “But I’m going to have a snack,” you don’t know the full meaning of that statement. I might have…

When God tells you to do something, don’t question Him. Even if you think doing it will make you look silly. How crazy must the people in Jericho thought the Israelites were when they looked outside the walls on the first day, and saw the parade pass by. “What do those desert wanderers think they’re…

God chose a prostitute named Rahab to be responsible for His chosen people! A prostitute! A person that, today few “respectable” people would even give the time of day to, let alone trust the future of an entire race! If you have ever felt like you’re too much of a sinner for God to ever be…