Why did Israel fail at Ai? Why did God deal with Achan's sin in such an extreme way? Listen along and discover the answers to those questions and more as we examine Joshua 7.

Always be ready to give with joy to meet genuine needs, multiplying worship as you respond to God's provision.

It was not Joshua who fought the battle of Jericho, it was God. God fights on behalf of his people.

Yahweh provides the help, the method, the demands, the salvation, and the promises. Once again, God's people are simply passengers. Yahweh is the driver.

Have you ever wondered why it feels like God isn't listening to your prayers? Have you ever felt like God was rejecting your every word? The Bible sheds light on those feelings and reminds us that the problem is with us, not God. Listen along and discover five ways you can unknowingly be sabotaging your prayers.

1. Love your sin.
2. Ignore God's will.
3. Desire admiration.
4. Doubt God's character.
5. Cater to sinful desires.

It was the tenth day of Nissan—40 years to the day since the Passover lambs had been killed in Egypt. Joshua and the leaders of Israel were calling the people to prepare to cross over the Jordan River, which was overflowing its banks. The people were to watch for the priests to carry the ark of the covenant before them, then they were to follow 1,000 yards behind—far enough back where the people at the front wouldn’t obstruct the view of the people in the back. 40 years after God freed you from Egypt, He was about to do something spectacular to take you into the promised land.

That’s the framework of this story. It takes up a large portion of Joshua even though all that happens is crossing a river and piling 12 stones on top of each other. But as is the norm, the author constructs in a very particular way to lead us to some theological conclusions. He even pauses the climatic part of the story, the people crossing the river, to tell us about 12 stones heaped into a mound before he backups up the story and finishes having the people cross the Jordan.

If we’re going to be honest with ourselves, it isn’t a necessary account. Truly, if you read Joshua 1 and then begin reading Joshua 3, the account of taking the promised land makes perfect sense. In some ways, the story actually flows better. But the author purposefully interrupts his retelling of the conquest to shoehorn this account into the book. While it’s not essential for retelling history, it’s essential for making his theological point. The author is going out of his way to do more than simply tell history. He has a theological agenda. He wants us to know something about God, and by going out of his way to do so, he makes his point even clearer.

Follow along with our new study in the book of Joshua!

Here's an overview of the book:

1. Entering Canaan (1-5)
2. Conquering Canaan (6-12)
3. Dividing Canaan (13-22)
4. Obedience in Canaan (23-24)

Here's an overview of the chapter:

1. The persistence of God’s promise (1-4)
2. The closeness of God’s presence (5-6, 9, 17)
3. The centrality of God’s word (7-8)
4. The unity of God’s people (10-18)

1. God is jealous
2. God is judge
3. God is just

Problem: You can easily be accused of doing wrong even while doing right.

Big Idea: God requires his church display blamelessness in church finances.

1. Blamelessness involves zeal for the church (16-17).
2. Blamelessness demands dedication to God’s glorious gospel (18-19).
3. Blamelessness takes accountability (20-21, 23).
4. Blamelessness calls for a track record of faithfulness (22).
5. Blamelessness entails keeping your commitments (24).

Wrapping up the book of Hebrews!