Adventures in Theology

Do you know what the arch nemesis of faith is? Um... oh... wait... what was it again? Gotcha!! Forgetfulness is the enemy of faith. Therefore, the friend of faith is memory. Commemoration is so important for our spiritual journey in recounting God's faithfulness in the grand story as shown in the Bible and also in our own lives.

Joshua 3-4 will be our text today. And we will see how the crossing of the Jordan river was no ordinary thing. And there is something special about the stones that they grab. By the end of this episode I bet you'll understand what I mean when I tell you that there are more rivers with more stones to be found. And so the adventure continues!

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Today we will learn more about what it means to have the courage to trust. And we will learn from the most unlikely of people… a prostitute! In the story of Rahab we see that before any conquest takes place in the narrative of Joshua, mercy gets precedence. Listen in as I express how baffling, yet befitting, this story is in the grand narrative of the Bible. This goes to show that God's preference is mercy, not judgment. 

See the literary structure (chiasm) of Joshua 2 by clicking here:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ga_Y4j9kzkDZJt8sC6GSVwn4S1h-yoB2gSmyHO6rjC4/edit?usp=sharing 

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Like the intro and outro music? Well, I made it myself! Check out the full instrumental soundtrack here:  https://soundcloud.com/brayden-brookshier/adventure-awaits

Last episode we concluded with highlighting what made Joshua and Caleb such a great leaders to take the people into the promised land. They had what the Bible called "a different spirit" about them. I suggest that the "different spirit" was the courage to trust God, despite the obstacles in their way.  Okay, cool. So we should desire to have the courage to trust. But how do we cultivate that? How do we cultivate the courage to trust God? Ah! That is the question. 

In this episode, we look at Joshua 1:5-9, and the fascinating literary structure in it, which reveals the answer to our question. Today we discuss the key, nestled at the center of the chiasm; the key of how to cultivate courageous trust. Join is in the 21 day challenge proposed at the end of the episode!  Here is the link to view the color-coated chiasm that we discuss on part of this episode:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SkWUKJLrRuQqqCouB7IKAAlS2l7lZOSgnEOFVcNS2Ss/edit 

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Like the intro and outro music? Well, I made it myself! Check out the full instrumental soundtrack here:  https://soundcloud.com/brayden-brookshier/adventure-awaits

As we open up the text of Joshua it becomes clear that this "promised land" is REALLY important to these people. But why? What is the big deal about this plot of land? And why should I care about Joshua's quest to take the promised land? This is what we want to tackle on today's episode. And hey, if you think we are just talking ancient history, you will be surprised how encouraging this is for us, today!

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We begin a series of episodes dedicated to exploring the book of Joshua! But like most books of the Bible, somethings have to be prefaced... 

In this case, the elephant in the room with this book of the Bible is the violence and war due to it being a conquest narrative. Many Christians struggle with how to reconcile the love of God with the command to go eradicate this plot of land of its current inhabitants. How do we respond? 

This episode contains six points of clarification, which help us reframe how we think of the conquest narrative of Joshua so that we can appreciate the message of the book for us readers, today.

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Ready to start the adventure? 

In the first of many more episodes to come, I introduce the inspiration behind the title of this podcast, then I give you three reasons why you should dive deeper into the Bible. Hey, every inaugural episode has to be more introductory in nature, right? 

Let's get ready to explore God's word for the purpose of getting caught up into the story ourselves! Let's be a people who read the story, trust the story, and live the story of the Bible! Hang with me and I promise you, you'll find that the Bible is anything but boring! 

Welcome to my adventure, the most grand adventure, knowing the God of the Bible!

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