This sermon outlines the book of Joshua and then focuses on the seven inescapable concepts of servanthood, eschatology, dominion, antithesis or boundaries, the presence of God, covenantal inheritance, infallibility or authority.
This sermon continues to dig into the remarkable characteristics of the people of faith who crossed the Jordan. Faith in God leads to faithfulness. Joshua 4:10-14 gives us a great picture of what faithfulness looks like.
Why is God raising up so many People Movements? What will it look like to have nations baptized? The circumcision of this nation may give us some clues.
Too many commentaries brush over these three verses, but the Passover described in these verses contributed hugely to the preparation of Israel for the conquest.
Many people, including many Christians, are scandalized by God's judgment on Jericho. This sermon answers objections and shows how we must not be ashamed of any part of God's Word. Instead of being embarrassed by God's judgments, we should rejoice in them and in His salvation.
This sermon digs into the theology and practical outworking of blessings and curses. Certainly God pronounces both, but so do demons. It is critical to spiritual warfare to know this subject.
It may not seem fair for all of Israel to suffer because of the sin of one person, but Achan illustrates the reality that God deals with us covenantally.
This sermon looks at the embarrassing moments that Joshua and Israel faced and seeks to help us grow by God's grace through our own embarrassing moments.
This sermon finishes off the discussion on the sin of Achan. We should confess our sins voluntarily before we're caught. We must not minimize our sins but treat them as seriously as God does.
This sermon gives a challenge to not be naive about the snares that Satan's kingdom lays for us, but it is also an encouragement that God knows how to make the enemy fall into their own traps.
Where the previous sermon dealt with the grace needed for a Christian nation, and the next sermon we will look at the essential foundations of a Christian nation, this sermon will examine the various agents of a Christian nation.
When people first become Christian they are often puzzled why their friends and family show resistance and even hostility to their new-found faith. This passage gives us some hints as to why.
In showing how the Israelites helped the newly-converted Gibeonites, this Scripture passage outlines some of the benefits and responsibilities of body life.
God's enemies can't escape His judgments. Christians should never slacken in spritiual warfare against the world, the flesh, and the devil. Each of us has only two choices. Bear God's curse yourself forever in hell. Or believe in Jesus to bear God's curse for you and give you eternal life.
Joshua and the Israelites faced overwhelming odds from the Northern Canaanite coalition army with fearsome iron chariots. But they didn't look at the odds. They looked to the Lord and overcame the enemy in His strength. We are to do the same in our spiritual warfare with the world, the flesh, and the devil.
This passage highlights God's right to extend mercy or withhold mercy; to soften or to harden human hearts. It explains what happens when He withdraws His restraining hand. God is sovereign over all and men are responsible.
Joshua had a giant killing faith; a faith that believed God's promises; a faith that not only received what God promised but passed it on to the next generation.