Daily Thoughts From God's Word

Once again, the people sinned, and as discipline the Lord put them under the hand of their enemies, this time Midian.  I suppose we all...

Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar and, then, Deborah and Barak.  With them is the repeat of a scenario that we see over and over again in the book...

A bit of morbidity, this morning.  Judah and Simeon fought against Adoni-bezek (“Lord of Bezek”) and defeated him:  “They pursued him and...

These are the covenant renewal chapters from the end of Joshua’s life.  And “when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their...

“Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Say to the people of Israel, Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, that...

I must be honest.  I quickly glanced over today’s chapters that lay out the boundaries of the tribal lands.  I mean, how excited do we...

“Now Joshua was old and advanced in years when the Lord said to him, ‘You are old and advanced in years, and very much of the land...

“As soon as all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast of the Great Sea toward...

The fall of Jericho is one of those Bible stories that, seemingly, everyone knows and sings about.  You know how it goes.   You may talk...

Wednesday evening, the gathered men at Baxter talked about remembering.  The text we were considering was from Joshua 4 in which God...

The book of Deuteronomy ends:  “Moses was 120 years old when he died.  His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated.  And the people of...

Moses was about to die, and Joshua would take his place as leader of Israel.  Human leaders come and go, don’t they?  And it can be...

In Moab, God renewed the covenant he had made with Israel at Mt. Horeb (Sinai).  Moses explained to the people the paths of blessing...

Moses continues to prepare the people for entering the Promised Land by reminding them about God’s instructions to them:  the assembly...

The cities of refuge.  The people were about to enter the land, and the Lord said to them, “You shall set apart three cities for...