Month: August 2022

Sunday 28th August 2022
Read: Matthew 11:16-24; Deuteronomy 20:10-18; Joshua 9:1-27

Sermon: Joshua 9:1-27

Introduction

Joshua 1-8 Inheriting the land of rest

Joshua 9:1-2 The nations’ response to Yhwh’s rule

Joshua 9:3-15 Gibeon’s response to Yhwh’s rule
Joshua 9:3-8 a cunning plan

Joshua 9:9-11 Gibeon ‘confessing’ Yhwh’s name

Joshua 9:12-15 a covenant of protection

Joshua 9:16-27 Israel’s response to Gibeon’s deceit
Joshua 9:16-21 Gibeon’s covenant delivers them

Joshua 9:22-27 Gibeon’s ‘apology’ because of Yhwh’s word

Responding to Yhwh’s name now

Sunday 21st August 2022
Read: Deuteronomy 32:46-47; Galatians 3:10-14; Joshua 8:1-35

Sermon: Joshua 8:1-35

Joshua chapter 8 examines Israel as it continues under Joshua’s leadership in winning the promised land of Canaan, and poses the question: will Israel learn from their past, not just the immediate past of failure in battle against Ai, but from their more distant past as inheritors of the covenant promises of Yahweh?

Joshua 8:1-2 Yahweh’s reassurance

Joshua 8:3-13 The plan of attack

Joshua 8:14-23 Victory belongs to Yahweh (1 Samuel 17:47; Proverbs 21:31)

Joshua 8:24-29 Victory according to Yahweh’s word

Joshua 8:30-35. Postscript: celebration by the book (Deut 11:26-30; 27:1-13)

Conclusion:
A greater king; a greater saviour; a greater victory over a greater curse (Galatians 3:10-14)

Sunday 14th August 2022
Read: Revelation 22:1-5; Acts 5:1-13; Joshua 7:1-26

Sermon: Joshua 7:1-26

Introduction
Joshua 1-6 Inheriting the land of rest

Joshua 7:1-12 Covenant unfaithfulness already!
Joshua 7:1 trespassing against the covenant and Yhwh’s anger

Joshua 7:2-5 We took Jericho, we can take Ai!

Joshua 7:6-9 lamenting for Yhwh’s name

Joshua 7:10-12 Israel have sinned

Joshua 7:13-26 Prepare to meet Yhwh your God
Joshua 7:13-15 Prepare to meet Yhwh’s response to the unholy

Joshua 7:16-23 uncovering sin as the cause of Yhwh’s anger

Joshua 7:24-26 Yhwh’s anger turned aside

Acts 5:1-13 Being slain in/by the Spirit

Sunday 7th August 2022
Read: Psalm 2; Luke 14:31-32; 2 Peter 3:1-13; Joshua 5:13-6:27

Sermon: Joshua 5:13-6:27

5:13-15. Meeting the commander of Yahweh’s army

6:1. Introduction to Israel’s challenge

6:2-5. Yahweh’s strategy

6:6-14. Six days of strategic circling

6:15-21. Taking what Yahweh has given

6:22-25. Yahweh’s kindness and deliverance

6:26-27. What God has ruined, let not man rebuild

Conclusion: A God of love and a consuming fire