The Lord warned Israel. He had told them through Moses and Joshua to remove the inhabitants of Canaan. They failed to hear the warning. In Judges 2:2–3 God tells them, “…What is this you have done? So now I say, I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become thorns in your [...]
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October 27, 2009
TUESDAY’S NOTES: Don’t Marry THOSE People!
As Joshua closes out his leadership campaign, we see him addressing the children of Israel. In Joshua 23 and 24, we see the great leader giving parting words. It is in chapter 24 that Joshua makes that well-known presentation about choosing to serve God that ends with the familiar charge “…choose for yourselves this day [...]
October 20, 2009
TUESDAY’S NOTES: “All came to pass…”
Thus the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. And the LORD gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the [...]
April 15, 2009
TUESDAY’S NOTES: More Than Enough
Imagine it is next Sunday morning and one of the elders makes the following announcement: “The elders have met and determined that the collection is too much. You have been giving much more than the work needs here. Since there is no way we can scripturally administer all of these funds, we are asking you [...]
April 7, 2009
TUESDAY’S NOTES: Follow the Pattern
At first glance, there appears to be little application from the twenty-fifth, thirty-fifth, and thirty-seventh chapters of Exodus. The subject matter ranks in relevance slightly ahead of the seemingly endless genealogies found in the Old Testament. These three chapters contain the listings of specific materials, required skills, and building plans of the tabernacle and its [...]
March 24, 2009
TUESDAY NOTES: The Manna Test
And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for [...]
December 17, 2008
TUESDAY’S NOTES: God was grieved in His heart…
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. –Genesis 6:5-6
Read that passage again [...]
