When Faith is Stagnant, God Sends a Current to Drift or Swim
[12] And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against...
God Sent Difficulty and Deliverance to Get Israel’s Attention
And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth....
Joshua Left some Lessons
[1] Now these are the nations that the LORD left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in...
Teaching the Next Generation Requires A Zillion Different Specialists
[1] Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up from Egypt and brought you into the land that...
Who Led Israel After Joshua?
After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord , “Which tribe should go first to attack the Canaanites?” The Lord answered,...
Joshua Prepares to Die and Imitates His Mentor
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And they...
Who Mentors Rock Stars? Who Mentors Them Before That?
57 And as soon as David returned from the striking down of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the...
Passing the Attention and Fandom to Others
[5] And David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him, so that Saul set him over the men of war. And this was good in the sight...
Investing Authority in the Next Guy (or Gal)
18 So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him. 19 Make him stand...